THE
DOTS
CONNECTING
C O N N E C T I N G T H E D O T S
BY LEN LEWIS
For years, phrases like customer-centric, best practices, CPFR, supply chain
collaboration have been buzzwords throughout the retail industry. As competition
for the consumer dollar increases among brick and mortar and online stores, these
factors and relationships between independents, manufacturers and brokers have
never been more urgent.
But are the benefits of collaboration being explored to their fullest?
Alabama Grocer
asked three industry leaders –
Chris Coborn
, chairman and
CEO, Coborn’s, Inc.;
Denny Belcastro
, vice president, customer and industry
collaboration, Kimberly-Clark Corp.; and
Mark McLean
, division manager,
CROSSMARK, Inc. – to give their views on the state of industry collaboration
and how it can move forward.
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