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DistributED: eBiz 2026 With Mark McGready
DistributED: Forecasting Season
Lessons Learned
By Susan Bloom Following the release of Amazon’s favorable Q1 results, industry expert hones in on the online retail giant’s new e-commerce directions and the ‘message of hope’ distributors should…
Marketing Momentum: Are You Ignoring a Key Target Audience?
By Katrina Olson If you read my Marketing 101 column in April’s tED magazine, you know the answer. If not, you may be asking yourself, “Who could I possibly be…
Getting Your Sales Team E-Commerce-Ready
By Bridget McCrea Align sales compensation to match your company’s online selling goals and watch your e-commerce sales volume rise exponentially. Two years ago, Forrester Research analyst Andy Hoar made…
Copper Today – Focus is on France
By Jim Williams Tous les regards sur la France. Translation : All eyes are on France. French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron (pictured left) and Marine Le Pen (right). Photo from www.bbc.com.…
Dirty Work
By Susan Bloom The SEC recently relaxed enforcement of the time-consuming ‘Conflict Minerals Reporting’ requirement, but will distributors still find themselves bogged down by this onerous task? A provision of…
Leading With Muddy Boots On
By Bridget McCrea How leaders can be more effective by getting their own hands dirty, accepting the realities of today’s workforce, and always striving to be the dumbest person in…
It’s Time to Grow Your Electrical Distributorship, Part III
By Bridget McCrea The U.S. construction industry is booming again and economic indicators are largely positive despite the cloud of uncertainty that’s hanging over the nation during the initial months…