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Why wholesalers need to ditch the spreadsheets!
The volume of data handled by businesses has exploded. There is now information on customer behaviour, market characteristics, product inventory and more, all of which provide valuable business insights. When used effectively, this data enables you to become...
Shopping Cart Best Practice for B2B Ecommerce Success
An ecommerce website is a vital sales tool for the wholesale distribution industry, now more than ever following the disruption caused by Covid-19. However, for an ecommerce site to be effective, it must meet your customer’s needs at every stage of their purchasing...
Direct-to-Consumer on the rise to help wholesalers ‘Survive and Thrive’
The calamitous pandemic that has gripped the globe for over a year has significantly changed consumer behaviour. People are making fewer trips to the stores to comply with lockdown measures, but as a result they’re buying more during each trip. In addition, as the...
How to optimise the customer experience through digital transformation
Recently, there has been a greater recognition across the wholesale industry of the benefits that ecommerce can provide. Even the most hardened traditionalists who previously didn’t see their customers migrating online are recognising the need for digital platforms as...
Why digital transformations are essential now more than ever
As events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic continue to unfold, businesses across the wholesale distribution sector are undertaking rapid digital transformations to adapt. Oporteo, a digital solutions provider to the wholesale industry, has been at the forefront of...
Food and Drink wholesaler opens Click and Collect service to public
Our customer T. Quality has been able to quickly adapt to changing circumstances by enabling the public to utilise Click and Collect their Oporteo ecommerce system. T.Quality, a national supplier to the fast-food and restaurant industry, has made their Click and...
Why PIM should be at the heart of your digital transformation
The saying goes that a business is only as good as its people; however, in a digital world that is now only partly true. People are a vital asset for any company, but they are also only as good as the information they can access. All businesses are structured around...
Revenue from online sales reaches new heights for wholesalers
Our latest analysis of ecommerce in the wholesale sector reveals that businesses continue to see significant growth in online revenue. In 2019, revenue from online orders reached the highest we have seen since our analysis began in 2015. December 2019 was a...
Wholesale sector leading the ecommerce revolution
Ecommerce continues to revolutionise the wholesale sector as the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveals wholesales received £165 billion in online sales alone. We outline the key points below: Ecommerce continues to be key for achieving sales growth The annual...