Dealers--Changing Distribution Models

Peter Brehm, president and CEO of the North American Graphic Arts Suppliers Association (NAGASA), cites emerging technologies such as Internet-based commerce, as well as continuing issues such as industry consolidation, as topics to be discussed at the NAGASA Forum 2000 conference scheduled for early April. As dealers and distributors face these issues, some of them are running head-long into the possibility of a fundamental shift in their role in the print supply chain.