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Back to the Future: F2F selling is returning, but virtual selling is here to stay

Strategic Account Management Association

COVID-19 has accelerated a trend already underway toward increased virtual interactions between customers and their suppliers. As vaccines are distributed and we move beyond the most acute phase of the pandemic, most salespeople believe virtual selling is here to stay. Figure 5: Most common challenges of virtual selling.

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The Next Normal Arrives

Aepiphanni

New generation of innovative entrepreneurs. The COVID crisis reinvigorated the need to innovate, more so to digitize everything from supply-chain reinvention to AI in healthcare. The disruption also led to new innovators and entrepreneurs in various other industries. Remote work is the way ahead.