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… 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 »
Although there are distinctions between the B2B and B2C buying experience, more and more B2B customers expect their suppliers to mirror the interactions they have with retailers in their personal lives. Today’s B2B buyers are self-sufficient and digitally focused, and they expect easy-to-navigate digital platforms that allow them to complete tasks without disrupting their workflow.… Read more »
The learning curve can be steep when entering a new market segment: How long is the sales cycle? How loyal are customers to their existing suppliers? And—most importantly—does your existing credit model address the specific risks of this new segment without discouraging new sales? Time and test marketing will provide answers to the first two… 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. BlueTarp’s spending and… Read more »