The explosion of eCommerce has been impossible to ignore, but the vast majority of retail sales – over 90% – still happen in brick-and-mortar stores. The growing trend of webrooming – when customers browse online before making their actual purchase in a store – has been embraced by 82% of consumers, according to a recent… Read more »
Click here to download the Index as a PDF Index reveals more uncertainty with first year-over-year decline since 2016 How to Interpret the Index BlueTarp’s Building Supply Index is a quarterly measure of the economic health of the building supply industry. The Index is a weighted composite of proprietary BlueTarp spending and delinquency data as… Read more »
The US economy has been on an upswing for the past decade, after recovering from the financial crisis of 2008. But economic growth is never linear, and signs of a future downturn are beginning to emerge. 2018 was the worst year for stocks since 2008, with the Dow falling 5.6% and the S&P down 6.2%.[1]… Read more »
BlueTarp’s B2B Credit Program Streamlines Purchase-to-Payment Process BlueTarp Financial, the leading B2B credit management company, recently announced that e-retailer WebstaurantStore and Clark National Accounts, both brands of Clark Associates, Inc., have partnered with BlueTarp for its customizable B2B credit program including ecommerce integration. BlueTarp’s credit program is a unique combination of technology, services, funding and… Read more »
How a National Supplier Moved 80% of Their Credit Card-on-Account Payers to Other Forms of Payment and is Saving $1M a Year. A national supplier faced a common dilemma: many business customers were using credit cards to pay their in-house account balances. Though this practice is widespread, it presents suppliers with two problems. First, it’s… Read more »
Click here to download the Index as a PDF How to Interpret the Index BlueTarp’s Building Supply Index is a quarterly measure of the economic health of the building supply industry. The Index is a weighted composite of proprietary BlueTarp spending and delinquency data as well as three macro-economic factors: building permits, construction spend, and consumer… Read more »
For building material suppliers, the tariff problem isn’t going away. In July, higher tariffs lifted the prices of lumber, aluminum, steel and other products. More recently, a 10% tariff on more than $200 billion worth of Chinese goods has begun to affect the market for materials such as plywood, roofing slate and air conditioning parts.… Read more »
Click here to download the Index as a PDF How to Interpret the Index BlueTarp’s Building Supply Index is a quarterly measure of the economic health of the building supply industry. The Index is a weighted composite of proprietary BlueTarp spending and delinquency data as well as three macro-economic factors: building permits, construction spend, and consumer confidence.… Read more »
For nearly a decade, the U.S. economy has been trending upward. But economies go through regular cycles of growth and recession, and many analysts agree that businesses should expect a downturn within the next couple of years. “The economy will probably start slowing down in the second half of 2018,” says Alex Chausovsky, senior consulting… Read more »
On May 17, 2018, BlueTarp presented a webinar hosted by the National Association of Wholesalers. They shared results from a recent survey of the NAW members about how they are planning their digital investments in 2019. Watch this webinar to see where you stand among your peers in planning and executing new technologies and learn… Read more »