Roughly 10,000 Americans reach the standard retirement age every day. This older generation contains key business leaders, who often take important company knowledge and operations expertise with them upon departure. An impending top-level exodus leaves many companies vulnerable and in need of a strategy for steady success amidst periods of turnover. The answer lies…
In an ideal world, companies could stick with their “dream team” of employees without devoting resources to long hiring processes or spending time onboarding new hires. Unfortunately, reality looks quite different, and organizations find it increasingly difficult to retain employees. Attrition is exacerbated as younger generations join the workforce, with 41 percent of millennials expecting…
It’s an exciting time to be a business-to-business (B2B) player. Forrester research predicts e-commerce sales for this industry will reach $1.2 trillion within the next few years – a staggering 13 percent of overall B2B revenue. Digital opens plenty of new doors for all types of B2B distributors, janitorial and sanitation (JanSan) included. But it’s…
Everybody picks up a broom or mop now and again. But when it comes to large-scale cleaning jobs, building service contractors (BSCs) are certainly the experts. However, pleasing today’s customers takes much more than elbow grease from commercial cleaning providers. These days, customers desire diverse, non-traditional cleaning services on a global scale. These increased demands…
Since Essendant’s founding, charitable work has been an important component of the company. The Essendant Charitable Foundation provides outlets for our associates to serve communities in need around the world. Through the Foundation, Essendant started an annual Global Giving trip, in which a team of associates are selected for a week-long service and learning project.…
For office product (OP) resellers, business success can feel less certain than ever. OP resellers have previously benefited from an industry with reliable operations and buyer expectations, but eCommerce trends threaten the status quo. As more OP sales migrate online, resellers face a spate of new challenges. Perhaps the biggest roadblock is heightened customer expectations.…
