ID Video Q&A: Amazon's Threat To Industrial B2B, And What To Do About It

ID editor Mike Hockett chats with Applico's CEO and head of platform to discuss the current impact of Amazon on the industrial distribution market, and what distributors should be doing to adapt.

Mike Hockett
Apr 11, 2017

ID editor Mike Hockett chats with Applico's CEO and head of platform to discuss the current impact of Amazon on the industrial distribution market, and what distributors should be doing to adapt.

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