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Wholesale Change: AI Agents, Sysco's $500M Cost Cut, and a CEO Shake-Up in Distribution
Distribution Strategy Group’s “Wholesale Change” is back! Hosts Ian Heller and Mark Brohan are joined by Brian Hopkins to break down a busy week in wholesale distribution and what it means for industry leaders. We start with customer service in the age of AI agents, then dig into Sysco’s plan to cut at least $500 million in costs by fiscal 2029 through automation and agentic AI. We also look at Genuine Parts Company’s Motion and the leadership team that will take the industrial distributor forward after its planned spinoff, plus a rapid series of CEO transitions at Crescent Electric Supply…
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