Our September magazine has landed!

The September edition of Dealer Support magazine is now live and ready to read!

Whether you’ve stayed in the UK (where the weather has been surprisingly great) or gone abroad, we hope you had a fantastic summer! September always feels like a good time to take stock, renew your motivation and think of new strategies after a summer period which is often disjointed due to holidays and Dealer Support magazine is here to help.

To kick off our September issue we take a look at how mergers and acquisitions could be a way forward to help you achieve greater success. We then get first-hand experience from SARATT OFFICE SUPPLIES who have recently completed an acquisition and tell us all about how they are adopting a ‘can-do’ attitude to help them continue to thrive.

Dealers know how important people are to the success of their business. A great business needs to be made up of great people, which means hiring the best talent available. But is the office supplies sector still stuck with its (alleged) ‘stale and male’ image – or is it able to shake this off and attract younger people to its ranks? We explore five ways that you can attract Gen Z talent to your team. The digital world is something Gen Z know all too well, but do you know the difference between ‘digitisation’ and digitalisation’? If you don’t then you need to head to page 26 where we take a deep dive into digitalisation and business transformation.

In the past few years businesses of all shapes and sizes have made incredible

inroads into a more sustainable future; from plastic-covered products to polystyrene filled

boxes, more of our goods are arriving in biodegradable, recyclable and reusable

packaging. But with e-commerce predicted to almost double in size over the next three years, are we ready to take things to the next level? Industry experts tell us how they are making sustainable advances in their packaging.

As always, don’t forget to check our website regularly for all the latest news from the sector, and you can chat with us on our Twitter feed and let us know your opinions at @dealersupport.