I must admit I’m but a mere dabbler in this Amazon thing. I’ll order things here and there, almost always using my wife’s Prime account, which I’m fairly sure Amazon is now losing money on due to its frequent, hard use.

For the past 25 years I have traveled our wonderful country doing basic business management consulting for owners of showrooms.

Managers can spot trends and efficiencies, as well as mitigate leak damage by shutting off water remotely until a maintenance staff can arrive. 

Amazon’s analytics can identity SKUs on which they “Can’t Realize a Profit” (CRaP). 

I’m sure many of you larger distributors have business plans for the overall company — but do you have one specific to your showroom business? 

Not enough of us salespeople keep lists of customers and prospects and quotes and proposals.

This time, the panel continues its discussion on e-commerce and also talks about the economy as it relates to the PHCP-PVF supply chain.

Distributors don’t get the benefit of always delivering a huge truckload to their customers. Distributors operate wholesale models.