I was returning from a meeting with a client this morning and needed to put gas in the rental before the return. While gas has been creeping up, today was the first time I paid $4.00 per gallon (and yes, […]
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Cloud ERP apps are back in the news as mentioned in a recent issues of TED magazine, emails and business newspapers. The buzz is growing and increasing ERP system and maintenance costs make them appear to be more economical. One […]
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In today’s economic climate we have witnessed changes in governments in the Middle East and many have wondered what the fallout will be in both our business budgets and personally at the gas pump. This is not about political, but […]
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The SNEAK PEEKYesterday Trade Service announced that they are bringing out an “eDataFlex Service Console (TM)” for their existing customers. We’ve heard from several clients that Trade Service has been working on this FREE Service Console for several months (maybe […]
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Distributors – Section 179 Deduction, Has Been Increased to $500K and Bonus Depreciation is back Recently we were speaking with Stacey Pandeloglou from Distribution Technology Group about the state of technology in the electrical industry. He mentioned recently passed legislation that […]
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Over the years some distributors have failed to have a serious conversation with the manufacturers they represent about how POS data is used. Then there are some that asked: “If I share POS data, what are you going to do […]
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Last Friday’s unemployment figures along with the number of people who went off unemployment benefits gives all of us an indication that we are in for a long recovery. Even retailers are having a hard time getting people to spend […]
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Several months back we noted with interest that “Too Big to Fail Banks” were getting taxpayer cash infusions. Still they don’t loan money for all sorts of reasons. But in the W.S.J. article “U.S.Firms Build up Record Cash Piles” written […]
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Does the downturn leave you thinking you have to scale the Alps for a come back? Maybe and then maybe not! Change is in the air both at inventory levels and the way product is being sold. This is about […]
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Over the last few weeks we have noticed some trends and reported that a number of companies are pro-actively seeking ways to help their customers save money and connect.Our focus is normally on hard good products, but recently we have […]
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