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This fast-growing technology can help your bottom line.

I was posed a question recently at the WANE Executive Leadership Conference in Baltimore about how important it is for face-to-face meetings with vendors and competitors in this digital age. The answers to this question ranged from once a year for manufacturers to once a month for vendor representatives.

It is often said profit is made on the buy side of the equation in wholesale distribution. That is a true statement. However, it only holds true if you are disciplined enough not to give that profit advantage away during the quoting and pricing process.

NetworkASA 2012 will help you stay ahead of future trends in our industry.

One of the coolest things about growing old is that you get to give advice to people who haven’t asked for it. It’s also safe to talk to young ladies, because they all see you as their grandfather.

It is refreshing to see that our industry still values relationships.

How suppliers can help contractors reduce their warehouses.

Wholesalers who dismiss outside research and new models of commerce may be playing with fire.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year.

While researching people who subscribe to magazines, an advertising company came across an elderly farmer who recently began subscribing to both National Geographic and Playboy.