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This Year’s Most-read Articles on Distribution Pricing Journal

Distribution Pricing Journal

Read more > > Elevate Your Rebate Game with Technology : Rebates and incentives play a vital role in fostering relationships among customers, sales teams, vendors, and various trading partners. SPAs are a common vendor program that provide a special framework for offering exclusive pricing and incentives to strategic customers.

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Unleashing Profit Potential Through Rebate Automation

Distribution Pricing Journal

The distribution industry traditionally faces low margins in each sale. How Rebate Automation Changes the Game Some distributors count on rebates for as much as 60% of their total margins. These promotions are a favorite with suppliers and customers alike; however, when managed poorly they can be a margin killer.

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Mylan Sold Its Soul – Will Your Sales Team?

OpenSymmetry

This aggressive pricing strategy was scrutinized before Congress, with news constantly unfolding about profit margins and anti-competitive practices. Mylan’s Executive Compensation Structure – The Incentive Plan that Started It All. Mylan’s Executive Compensation Structure – The Incentive Plan that Started It All. Yes and no.

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How Defining Your Processes for Special Pricing Agreements Can Improve Margins and Drive Profitability

Distribution Pricing Journal

SPAs are a common vendor program that provide a special framework for offering exclusive pricing and incentives to strategic customers. There are many situations where in-stock discounts and rebates do not provide the distributor with enough margin to secure certain orders. That’s where Special Pricing Agreements (SPAs) come into play.

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Pricing challenges posed by a pandemic

Sales and Marketing Management

As Square co-founder Jim McKelvey explained to The Wall Street Journal, “We have a lot of tools that a lot of people need. The more integrated accounting, finance, production, sales and service data, the better the pipeline, backlog, order, margin and revenue decisions every business will be able to make,” he writes for Forbes.com.

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