The buzz: “The Wholesale Distribution industry is at an inflection point of rapidly changing business fundamentals” (Deloitte).

The buzz: “Pharma and healthcare companies must start generating ideas and implementing digital strategies immediately” (digitalmarketinginstitute.com/en-us/blog/16-03-2018-6-ways-digital-is-transforming-pharma-and-healthcare).

The buzz: “The crossover is one of the most lethal offensive moves in the N.B.A., used by the game's best ball handlers.” (youtube.

The buzz: “Technology is permeating and disrupting every aspect of distribution today” (www.fortna.com). Reality check for wholesale distributors: winning and retaining customers is highly competitive.

The buzz: “In a marketplace increasingly driven by clinical efficacy and value-based outcomes, understanding the customer becomes as important for pharma companies as it is for Pepsi” (R. Robinson).

The buzz: “It’s more important than ever for wholesale distributors to evolve and adapt” (http://blogs.infor.com).

The buzz: “… experts encourage retailers to focus on enhancing their existing platforms and to shift their mindsets to customer behaviour” (https://medium.com).

The buzz: “This is a new era of medicine… For the first time we can digitize humans” (Eric Topol, MD, health.usnews.com).

The buzz: “As consumers prosper from stable US and global economies, the consumer products industry will reinterpret traditional levers to fuel growth in a hyper-competitive marke.” (www2.deloitte.com).

The buzz: “Warren Buffett just confirmed the death of retail as we know it.” (BusinessInsider.