Healthy Hygiene
Hygiene is now #1 business supply category alongside technology. Progressive business suppliers: brandmakers, dealers have pivoted into hygiene, safety, foodservice & packaging, WFH-tech & wellness services. Proficiency Index Q4'22 analysis is underway with brands' volumes slowing, boosted by double digit price hikes. Updated for IP, Stora, Berry, Grainger, Honeywell, Amazon & Clorox. Next week Newell, Unilever, Sealed Air
The $100Bn Battle
The Broadline Business Supply market is hot with growth activity as the #OPocalypse occurs. The new '$100Bn Battle' no longer includes dinosaur bigboxes Staples & Depot. It involves real 'venture' capitalists eg. Advent; public giants e.g. FEMSA & Grainger; and encouragingly major private forces e.g. CNG, Lyreco, WBMason & Raja. Who wins v Amazon? We analyse and compare leaders' growth plans. Complete
Will EVO live long &
EVO Group just held a joint show for customers. Headlined EVOLive & VOW Amplify and supported by 80+ vendors, it attracted hundreds of visitors to Leeds United FC stadium. The BIG question: Does 'EVO know how to grow VOW' into a broadline business supply wholesaler in support of progressive dealers' 'lower cost to serve' goal? The dealers' jury is still out. We report... Updated
Will CNG broaden
Central National Gottesman (CNG), the $9Bn privately owned (Wallach family, Andrew and Kenneth, pic left) paper and packaging distributor acquired US#2 OP wholesaler SPR on 11Jan. The big question, apart from distribution system synergies: will it adopt a broadline business supply wholesale strategy, absent this century; and open up opportunities for single source supply 'stockless' dealers? We discuss...Complete
OP <10% demand;
Proficiency Index has completed its MEGATRENDS review of the business supply market in 2022. In both US & UK trad paper related office supplies fell below 10% of business demand. Yet, the latest survey of OP dealers show average sales mix was still >60%. Moreover, it confirmed US channel leaders were c7yrs+ ahead of UK in range breadth i.e. low hygiene, foodservice and packaging. We analyse market trends and advise ... Complete
Tatham's take on
Westcoast is now the UK's top technology products & services wholesaler driving the 'stockless reseller' (VARs/MSPs) renaissance. We met with ebullient MD Alex Tatham to get his take on progress, market movers and the top tech trends.
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