Tag: FriendsOffice
Hot Topic Xtra: M-commerce
Here’s some more from the interviews on this month’s Hot Topic about m-commerce.How is m-commerce shaping B2B e-commerce?Logicblock President Alexander Nicolaides: The stress on suppliers to adapt to B2B mobile buyers’ habits is growing,...
Hot Topic: M is for mobile
Shopping on mobile devices went through the roof last year. In fact, 2017 could well turn out to be the pivotal year for m-commerce. Amazon recently released some extraordinary figures about the December 2017...
Event: EPIC & ISSA/INTERCLEAN 2017
EPIC, the joint dealer group show organised by Independent Stationers (IS) and TriMega, is now firmly established in the US office products event calendar. There was an added bonus this year as EPIC was...
Big Interview Xtra
OPI speaks to FriendsOffice President Betsy Hughes about this important award for the dealer and the possibility for other independent dealers to participate on the contract.OPI: Can you provide some background to this contract...
Big Interview: Scaling up
It’s often said that to survive in today’s business supplies sector and to have any chance of standing up to the might of Amazon and Amazon Business in particular, scale is becoming increasingly important....
Analysis: Essendant adopts new contract strategy
US wholesaler Essendant is on a potential collision course with the country’s independent dealer channel (IDC) after adopting a strategy of bidding directly for national contract business.Being involved in the contracts business is nothing...