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Ecommerce accounts for 10% of manufacturing

Ecommerce accounts for 10% of manufacturing

All in, the sales that manufacturers generated across ecommerce sites and apps grew to…

Caterpillar goes all in for digital commerce

Caterpillar goes all in for digital commerce

Caterpillar Inc., an icon of U.S. manufacturing for nearly 100 years, has been selling…

B2B payment fraud keeps sellers diligent

B2B payment fraud keeps sellers diligent

In today’s rapidly changing payments landscape staying on top of the latest digital payment…

A US distributor aims for 85% of all sales as digital

A US distributor aims for 85% of all sales as digital

Fastenal’s ongoing push for more digital sales is right on schedule — and still…

U.S. manufacturing ecommerce sales grow

U.S. manufacturing ecommerce sales grow

Manufacturers as a group had a pretty good year in 2022. But online and…

Amazon Business posts record GMV

Amazon Business posts record GMV

Amazon.com Inc. CEO Andy Jassy, in his 2022 letter to shareholders posted on Amazon’s…

More B2B buyers want digital purchase options

More B2B buyers want digital purchase options

B2B buyers are very focused and demanding in the digital purchasing experience they expect…

A distributor engineers a digital partnership

A distributor engineers a digital partnership

MSC Industrial, a large public US distributor of industrial supplies and metal working products,…

A distributor offers 4 million SKUs online

A distributor offers 4 million SKUs online

TruckPro LLC , a provider of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts and services headquartered…

B2B for manufacturers is an evolving process

B2B for manufacturers is an evolving process

With B2B ecommerce here to stay manufacturers must evolve their sales strategies to embrace…

A big MRO distributor accelerates ecommerce

A big MRO distributor accelerates ecommerce

One of the biggest US distributors of industrial supplies continues to push the pace…

Ecommerce platform spend tops $3 billion

Ecommerce platform spend tops $3 billion

The digital commerce platform market is poised to grow with a CAGR of 12.6%…