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.
Computacenter
Leading international IT solutions reseller Computacenter reported FY'20 results "substantially ahead" with demand for services strong through Covid. CEO Mike Norris confirmed the value of its personal service teams to WFH & corporate executives
IBM's strategic
IBM continued its 9 yrs revenue slide in Q4'20 with the 2019 acquisition, Red Hat the only redeeming success. Can new CEO Arvind Krishna transform the old tech giant into a serious growth driven, cloud services competitor?
Top cybersecurity
Market analyst Canalys believes global cybersecurity spending will rocket by 10% after data breaches and ransomware attacks hit all-time high. Its report reveals six hottest cybersecurity solutions for 2021
Fastenal safety
Fastenal, the $6Bn in sales, US reseller of MRO & vending supplies, previously in slowdown from a weak fastener demand, benefited greatly in Q4'20 from the Covid crisis with strong demand for PPE via vending machine
Midwich AV market
International Audio Visual eqipment distributor Midwich Group recovered well after a massive Covid hit in the Spring, Sales have improved as European economies slowly returned plus the boost from 2 key acquisitions
P&G's powerful
Procter & Gamble (PG), the leading personal, home & business care brandmaker, reported hyper healthy Q2'21 results. Powerful marketing & ad campaigns are winning market share in towels, tissues & detergents eg Charmin, Dawn, Bounty, Tide & Febreze
JBHunt driven
JBHunt the $10Bn US transportation giant held up well during the Covid disrupted Q4'20. Slow long haul demand was more than offset by integrated capacity and high final mile delivery service demand for essentail goods
Manutan makes
Manutan the €800m in sales, European business supplies distributor reported Q1'21 solid growth results. Based on negative reports from Staples, Office Depot it must be winning market share in a Covid hit marketplace
CNG competes in
Leading paper & packaging distributor Central National Gottesman (CNG) announced today that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division has agreed to acquire a leading packaging supplier in New England. The race to consolidate the US hygiene, safety & packaging supplies market is on
AFFLiNK elevates
AFFLiNK the supply chain partnership network of 200 vendors & 300 distributors in hygiene supplies has introduced Rest Assured, a private label bundle of disinfectant products to protect health at home, school and business
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