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Flatlining sales growth in Europe has led the world's largest distributor, Ingram Micro, to restart a cost-slashing exercise in the region after describing the operation as "still very challenged". It also plans to roll out newer tech services to resellers on this side of the Atlantic, which compared to the US has been …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    very challenged

    as in "our very challenged profit margins"

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Oh great...

    Knife to costs = fewer staff = more errors? We're spending hours and hours every week sorting out mistakes with Ingram - double shipments, wrong products, invoice errors. I've known no other company like it.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    It sucks

    There are no real signs of economic improvement on the horizon in the UK or U.S. and that means a lot more pain and suffering as many companies have been just barely hanging on.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Useless sales team

    Maybe if their sales team bothered to reply to emails I might send more of our orders their way. As it is we only use them when we have to...

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  5. Chris Evans

    S, G & A?

    Why journalists use acronyms not in common use by their readers without expanding on first use, is bad journalism.

    Via Google I got SG&A (alternately SGA or SAG) is an acronym used in accounting to refer to Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

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  6. The Godfather
    Pint

    New moves man...

    Forget distribution, logistics is where it's at.....

    http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131028-908953.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter

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