Your Product Mix Is Out of WhackParticularly if you're relying on 'traditional' vendors. Robert Faletra says "You need to look beyond the traditional vendor set, and that takes work." "The profitability that generally comes with newer products or vendors used to be because there was lots of mystery around the product set. Today that's less true, and in fact, the better margins tend to be because the product set is more competitive and just does more at a lower price." Posted by Joe Caponi at 11:48 AM, November 2, 2006 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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