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Selling on the <strong>Internet</strong> 305<br />

Marshall Industries (www.marshall.com)<br />

Marshall Industries is among the largest global distribu<strong>to</strong>rs of industrial<br />

electronic components and production supplies, serving 40,000<br />

cus<strong>to</strong>mers. Their major products include semiconduc<strong>to</strong>rs, connec<strong>to</strong>rs,<br />

passive components, computer systems and peripherals, production supplies,<br />

<strong>to</strong>ol kits, test equipment, and workstations.<br />

Marshall was an early player in e-commerce and has consistently<br />

rated as one of the <strong>to</strong>p e-commerce Web sites for years. Among its many<br />

innovations, Marshall offers QuoteCart, a quick quoting service for a<br />

long list of parts or a Bill of Materials, and Help@Once, a 24-hour-aday<br />

chat service that offers online support from a Marshall Technical<br />

Support Engineer.<br />

Office Max (www.officemax.com)<br />

The b-<strong>to</strong>-b market for office supplies is red hot, and every major supplier<br />

is on the <strong>Internet</strong>. What’s more, an increasing number of business<br />

marketplaces and service sites are offering office supplies. OfficeMax.com<br />

is a competi<strong>to</strong>r of OfficeDepot.com and Staples.com, among others.<br />

This site does an admirable job of not only selling office products but<br />

also providing buying guides, business information, and business services.<br />

For example, the site offers MaxMailbox, a messaging service<br />

that integrates e-mail, voice mail, faxing, and paging in<strong>to</strong> a single Webbased<br />

Inbox.<br />

PC Connection (www.pcconnection.com)<br />

The personal computer systems and accessories market is highly competitive,<br />

but there are some who stand out, and one of them is PC Connection,<br />

a direct marketing cataloger who has successfully migrated <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>Internet</strong> selling. During Q1 2001, online sales increased by 13% <strong>to</strong> $28.4<br />

million, or 9.4% of net sales. The PC Connection Web site has won<br />

recognition from numerous industry publications for its easy navigation,<br />

wealth of product information, simple ordering, and excellent cus<strong>to</strong>mer<br />

service. The site lists more than 100,000 brand-name products<br />

and is supported by a staff of technically trained outbound sales account<br />

managers and catalog telesales representatives. The company delivers<br />

cus<strong>to</strong>m-configured computer systems overnight through its<br />

full-service Distribution and Cus<strong>to</strong>m-Configuration Center. In June 2001,<br />

PC Connection announced that it would merge with Cyberian Outpost,<br />

a leading provider of consumer technology and e-business services.

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