Do you know who your buyers are? There’s a good chance that the majority of them belong to the Millennial generation. According to a recent analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center, Millennials already make up more than a third of the American workforce—and that proportion is only expected to increase in the… Read more »
The addition of BlueTarp will expand Capital One’s partnerships offerings and enhance service features for co-brand and private-label credit card clients Capital One announced today the entry into a definitive agreement to acquire BlueTarp Financial, a leading business-to-business trade credit financing company headquartered in Portland, Maine. BlueTarp delivers customized business-to-business credit management programs to merchants… Read more »
Retailers Can Expand Their B2B Businesses with Competitive Credit Offering, Funding and Risk Protection PORTLAND, MAINE – May 29, 2019 – BlueTarp Financial recently announced its partnership with BrandSource as the preferred commercial credit program for its network of 4,500 locally-owned appliance, furniture, mattress and electronics retailers. BrandSource is a division of AVB, North… Read more »
Click here to download the Index as a PDF Index shows greatest 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 well as three… Read more »
Digital devices have reshaped B2B shopping habits, but not in the ways you might expect. Many online purchases are made after your business customer has visited your brick-and-mortar store to browse and test a product. Essentially, local stores are becoming showrooms for online shoppers. This practice, known as showrooming, has taken off in recent years.… Read more »
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 »