2020s Business
Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Zoom, Shopify, Uber & Salesforce have M-powered a new entrepreneurial revolution with affordable personal tech & immediate delivery services. Covid accelerated the advance of 2025 trends: #Paperless #Officeless #Touchless #Spotless #Bigless #Wasteless & #Carbonless. WFH told us to connect with users by providing personalised productivity services + integrated same-day delivery. We guide on how dealers can take charge of their destiny? New Report inc. 2020 Market Review published today
Power Productivity
What will happen in 2021 with Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Staples, Essendant, Shopify, SPR, Alibaba, Depot, WBMason, HP, U-Line, Imperial, EVO-VOW, Westcoast, Bunzl, Brady, independent dealers, dealer groups, wholesalers, furnituremakers, paper-printermakers, MPS, OP makers; foodservice; hygiene suppliers; packaging; AI, robotics,Tech/cybersecurity; Hybrid-WFH; B2U v B2B marketing trends. PP's 21 predictions updated
Top Resellers Review
The bigbox share of the market tumbled again in 2020. Disintegrating Depot & stalled Staples lost another $2Bn sales as Amazon's growth rocketed. Progressive indie resellers, MSP's got hammered on OP/MPS & furniture, but their agility enabled to pivot to Hygiene-PPE and service their local WFH market. Updated
Best Performers
The #OPocalypse aka perfect storm that impacted the office supply market in 2019, got worse in 2020, with the devastating effect of the Covid catastrophe. Even progressive broadline business suppliers suffered, but escaped with a rapid pivot to PPE-Hygiene-WFH 'essentials' e.g. Amazon, P&G, Lenovo. Proficiency Index reviewsbest performers in each category. Complete
F r o s t B i t e s
This has been a crazy, tragic year for the business supply market. Every cloud has a silver lining. We believe major 2020's trends have accelerated towards a better World: inc. #Paperless #Officeless #Touchless #Spotless #Bigless #Wasteless #Carbonless etc.
Top Biz Supply
The year long global pandemic has been devastating for many small businesses accelerating negative consolidation. Meanwhile, progressive M&A trends towards a 'paperless, officeless & touchless' future driven by technology surged. We review the top positive and negative deals of 2020
AMZN to attack
We've learned from reliable PP sources that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is getting more involved in the makeover of the 3rd Party sellers' webstores where 60%+ of its gross merchandising volume (GMV) emanates. We understand the plan is to step up its game to outmarket #2 rival Shopify.
Covid cure case
South Korea’s successful approach of regimented masking, aggressive testing, and high-tech contact tracing is a blueprint for the US, UK and other democracies. "Take Covid seriously, respect peoples' space and your own" write Business Week's Matthew Campbell and Heesu Lee. We analyse their study...
Alert! Adapt to
The Covid crisis is cresting and experts predict the WFH wave will become a permanent hybrid working arrangement. The diminishing power of office buyers was already disintegrating pre-Covid, as Amazon accelerated its marketing and delivery to users in business and home (B2U). FortuneWeb's Alicia Raeburn urges a 4 point plan. We review and comment
Trends: Predicting
ISG's CEO Mike Gentile writes an op-ed in the current issue of NOPA's Independent Dealer challenging dealers with a provocative ice hockey analogy: "Ready for the Face-Off? Proficiency Post reviews and comments together with a recommended plan for the new generation broadline business supplier.
Costco comps
Leading international $160Bn home & business reseller Costco Wholesale experienced roller coaster demand during Covid. After a slower spring, double digit growth boosted by an improved ecommerce experience has accelerated performance
RS Components'
Electrocomponents the $2Bn in sales, UK parent of RS Components business supplies, announced two acquisitions today. The first a US integrated supply solutions provider that complements its existing business and second, a UK PPE & hygiene supplier.
Vulture bags
Mobile device accessory specialist ZAGG was snapped up by a private equity group after a 2 year period trying to offload the struggling company, that has fallen 50% in market cap, since ex-ceo Randy Hales retired in 2018
Fakebook faces
The U.S. government and 40+ states sued Facebook for illegally crushing competitors and demanded the company undo its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.NYTimes OnTech columnist Shira Ovide explains the lawsuits and what it means for the market
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