A manufacturer has two options when it comes to getting products to end users -- selling direct or using distribution. The advantage to distribution is that it allows the manufacturer to focus on its ...

I just designed a product, and the first batch is being manufactured. It is a great product, but I am struggling to place it with individual retailers. Should I focus on placing it with a distributor ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Finding the right distributor can be a bit of a daunting task if you are just launching your ...

No matter how great your product, you need to get it in front of consumers to make a profit. Distributors are a feasible and cost-effective method of getting your product to the widest possible ...

When foreign companies want to get their products into China, they often think they only have two choices: go it alone via a China WFOE or form a joint venture with a Chinese company. Joint ventures ...

James Hardie Building Products (JHX) announced an expansion of its product offering with Boise Cascade Company (BCC). Under a new multi-year ...

TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) has acquired Specialty Products and Insulation ((SPI)), a prominent specialty distributor and fabricator of mechanical insulation solutions serving the commercial, industrial, and ...

What started as a small embroidery machine in the extra bedroom of a Lake Zurich home has morphed into a $1 million promotional products distributor. Business is booming for Melon Ink Owner Nancy ...

With revenues topping more than $125 million in 2008, American Product Distributors Inc. is North Carolina’s largest black-owned company. Founded in 1992, BE 100s CEO C. Ray Kennedy has grown APD to ...