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By Bridget McCrea The tED magazine/Baird research for the first quarter revealed that 70 percent of distributors and manufacturers are feeling the “margin pinch” brought on by online-only competitors that…

In This Town, Relationships Still Matter

By Bridget McCrea For now at least, Bruce Seilhammer has little interest in procuring electrical equipment and supplies from an online source like AmazonSupply. He values the long-term relationships that…

Contractor to Distributors: Psst…a Little Help, Please?

By Bridget McCrea When Houston-based KenMor Electric adds 8,000 square feet of space to its 10,000-square-foot prefabrication warehouse later this year, the electrical contractor is going to need more help…

Amazon Testing its Own Delivery Service, Extends Sunday Del [...]

By Jack Keough Amazon is now testing a new delivery service using its own contracted trucks and drivers, which would, in effect, allow the giant e-retailer to control the entire…

Contractor Talks With tED Magazine About How He Makes Purch [...]

By Jim Williams tED Magazine is continuing its series of reports on AmazonSupply and the impact on our supply chain.  Previously we have written about innovation and data.  Today, writer…

AmazonSupply And The Great Data Divide

This is the second in our series of stories on the threat AmazonSupply is making to our supply chain.  Yesterday we looked at the need for innovation.  Today we examine…

tED Magazine To Dig Deeper Into The AmazonSupply Threat

By now you may have checked out the story on Jeff Bezos and AmazonSupply posted on the Forbes Magazine website on May 8th.  If you haven’t, you should check it…

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