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.

Apr 11th, 2017
Mike Hockett

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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