Amazon is coming to wholesale distribution

Just read two fascinating articles from Business Insider and Forbes about how Amazon is attacking the wholesale distributor market which is a 7 trillion dollar market vs the 4 trillion retail market. It will be curious to see what happens as they attempt to go after the high volume low margin business dominated by regional family chains.

A lot of this is build on consumables..and not speciality product nor product that is specialized to the point where you need a personal interaction.

I have not formed a true opinion yet, but I do believe Amazon is the forefront of making shopping and procurement easier.

No matter what, I am glad I work in sales and sales of high end, speciality specified product. The value added by proper sales people and the service is invaluable.

Amazon maybe great a shipping a book, a screw, or a toothbrush for dentist. But someone will still have to "sell" "train" and "service" and handle speciality products.