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How to Use Merchandising to Become Your Retailer's Favorite Supplier [Podcast]

Repsly

When I asked him about the brand's plans for 2018, he told me they were set on becoming their distributors' and retailers' favorite brewery to work with. Whether you make beer, snacks, makeup - no matter what your brand sells - if you sell through retail this is one of the best goals your brand can strive for.

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Value-Added Services Can Provide a Pricing Advantage

Distribution Pricing Journal

Yet, value-added services can be some of the most effective ways to improve pricing and brand perception for a distributor and shouldn’t go overlooked buy pricing managers. Offering and aggressively promoting value-added services can allow distributors to capture more profit and higher pricing in several ways.

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How All Those Trucks on the Road Can Help You Stop Discounting

Understanding the Sales Force

It's because the supply chain is busier and stronger than ever and as a result of all of the buying, our roadways are jammed with trucks shipping products to distributors, retailers, warehouses and fulfillment centers. If you heard that inventory levels are low, it's certainly not because companies have stopped buying.

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Top 10 Problems with Channel Sales - Don't be Held Hostage

Understanding the Sales Force

The channels are many, and include stocking distributors, brokers, retailers, VARs, agencies, partners, resellers, rep firms and more. Retailers are a great example of this channel and the work they do is marketing and display centric. Some channel salespeople sell by pulling sales through their distributors.

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How to Sell Your Products Through Sales Channels

Janek Performance Group

Distributors: Distributors are another type of intermediary between producers and consumers. Wholesalers: Wholesalers are distributors who typically have their own sales reps. Independent Retailers: Independent retailers are usually stand-alone stores that sell an array of products.

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What prospects REALLY want from you

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Real-world examples Here are some examples from the Sales Executive Council of how salespeople won business by providing customers with critical insights: A distributor discovered that 40% of its customers’ spending was for unplanned purchases – for example, when equipment broke, or a technician urgently needed a tool to complete a repair.

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Trade Marketing: Everything You Need to Know (And Nothing You Don’t)

Repsly

However, many businesses fail to develop proper strategies when it comes to marketing products to the wholesalers, distributors, and retailers that bring them to the consumers, a phenomenon known as trade marketing.