Gee focused his verbal presentation on the industry skills gap, the use of new media to attract talent, success of apprenticeships and training programs in the industry, and the bias against trade jobs.

Many manufacturers open up direct sales to counter a competitive threat or serve a channel that distributors are not interested in pursuing. However, if they do so without researching their channels and end users, and lack a solid financial evaluation of the channel costs, their efforts are usually unsuccessful.

By connecting with your target audience, keeping brand vision consistent and communicating effectively with your clients, you shape the entire customer experience online, in-store and in-home.

In Europe and Asia, tankless water heaters are common, but in the United States, this fact is less so. But while U.S. homeowners and commercial building operators have often chosen storage-type units over tankless, the pendulum is beginning to swing in the other direction as consumers place greater emphasis on environmental impact and efficiency. 

Technology is playing a key role in today’s trends too, giving rise to improvements that foster healing therapies or help to create healthier, more sanitary environments. 

Wholesale distributors know that having all the products to complete your customer’s project is essential for complete customer satisfaction.

Apple’s foray into financial services, news and video games is to keep up with competitors also expanding outside their core business.

In April, Jen attended Epicor Software Corp.’s Insights user conference as the company’s guest at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Due to Epicor’s great hospitality, Jen is already campaigning with Rich to attend in his place again next year.

The average annualized sales growth for the 12 months through April 2019 is 12.6 percent.

Let’s explore ways we can combine cool digital options with sound training practices to enhance learning.