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Rep & Distributor Sales Jobs Evaporating – 1 Million More to Disappear by 2020

February 11, 2016 by Ted 9 Comments

Data Suggests a New Blueprint for Greater Sales Success

Forrester Research logoA long and proud tradition in our industry is the narrative of the individual sales rep or distributor salesperson schlepping through wind and snow to meet with one of their dealers lugging product samples and marketing materials, pitching his lines, getting a purchase order from the dealer, calling the order into his manufacturers and thus earning a sales commission. But data from Forrester Research, Inc. released last year shows that this tradition is rapidly diminishing, with market trends projecting the elimination of as many as 1 million B2B sales jobs – like those held by sales reps and distributor salespeople – by 2020.

See this surprising data on the rapidly changing B2B sales processes… [Read more…] about Rep & Distributor Sales Jobs Evaporating – 1 Million More to Disappear by 2020

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Management, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Sales, Sales Reps, Strategy Tagged With: B2B, ecommerce, Forrester Research, sales

Velodyne Vaults into Direct-to-Consumer Sales Leaving Sales Reps Behind

August 3, 2011 by Ted Leave a Comment

Velodyne Logo<August 2, 2011> Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. (Velodyne) surprised many in the industry last week by summarily dismissing their independent sales representative force and announcing that they would begin selling Velodyne subwoofers direct to consumers via a new online ecommerce website. The webstore was already open by the time some of the sales representatives received their termination notice. [Read more…] about Velodyne Vaults into Direct-to-Consumer Sales Leaving Sales Reps Behind

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Sales Reps, Specialty, Strategy Tagged With: B-stock, Bruce Davison, Bruce Hall, David Hall, ecommerce, Lenbrook, Lidar, Marta Hall, ProMark Marketing, subwoofers, Velodyne

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