Don’t wait to set up a succession plan. Now is the time to determine what you want next for your distribution business by conducting a strategic alternatives...
In which part of the business cycle should distributors invest in analytics? IRCG Managing Partner Mike Marks and PROS Director of Industry Marketing Sean Duclaux addressed this...
Despite the C-suite's focus on growth this year, the market is painting a different picture for the rest of 2016. But it is still possible to drive top- and bottom-line growth...
Written by Mike Marks on Wednesday, 23 March 2016.
Don’t be afraid of Amazon; instead find a way to add value to your customers and keep them coming back to you because what you’re offering is in their best interests.
Distributors are fighting wars on multiple fronts, according to a recent panel moderated by IRCG at the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) annual meeting,...
For many distributors, the last price paid is the go-to price. Salespeople know it worked last time, so they use it again. But over the past several years, more distributors...
Written by Mike Emerson on Tuesday, 19 April 2016.
The traditional view this industry has taken was that successful field sales reps needed enough confidence to have some skin in the game, and that wanting a higher salary was a...
IRCG Partner Mike Emerson’s article on the downsides of using Activity Based Costing (ABC) as the basis for a net profit-driven sales compensation plan is featured in the...
IRCG’s Mike Marks recently moderated a panel discussion at the 2016 National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) annual convention. The topic was "Are You...
IRCG Managing Partner Mike Marks joined PROS Director of Industry Marketing Sean Duclaux in a recent National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors webinar, “Realizing...
Industrial distributor Hisco has grown to sales of $265 million by giving its employees true autonomy to meet its customers’ needs at dozens of local branches. Mike Marks,...
