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Auction Name: Limousine Services / Value: 10,890 USD / Location: New York (U.S.) / Auction keywords: VIP transport, taxi, limousine services, NYC Auction Name: Car insurance / Value: 2,500 SEK / Location: Lulea (SWE) / Auction keywords: Insurance, Sweden Auction Name: Office Stationery / Value: 98,295,284 IDR / Location: Bengaluru (India) / Auction keywords: Letters, envelopes, toners, office equipement, Bengaluru, Karnataka Auction Name: Glass wine bottles / Value: 862,160 CNY / Location: Shadong (China) / Auction keywords: Glass containers, glass wine bottles, glass jar, China Auction Name: Notebooks / Value: 3,230 Eur / Location: Vienna (Austria) / Auction keywords: hardware, laptops, Austria Auction Name: Translation Services / Value: 37,792 PLN / Location: Krakow (Poland) / Auction keywords: Official language translation services, Krakow Auction Name: Roof tiles / Value: 49,954 HRK / Location: Brela (Croatia) / Auction keywords: Tiles, building materials, Croatia, Split Auction Name: Legal Counsel / Value: 68,500 Eur / Location: Cagliari (Italy) / Auction keywords: Legal advisory, law services, legal counsel, Italy, Sardegna Auction Name: Long-term hotel accomodation / Value: 149,600 Eur / Location: Munich (Germany) / Auction keywords: Hotel accomodation, hotel services, Munich, luxury hotels Auction Name: Car rental services / Value: 25,320 USD / Location: San Rafael (Argentina) / Auction keywords: Car rental, passenger car, leasing Auction Name: Heavy truck tires purchase / Value: 3,845 CAD / Location: Toronto (Canada) / Auction keywords: Truck tires, Toronto, Ontario Auction Name: Mobile Devices / Value: 4,540 USD / Location: Pittsburg (U.S.) / Auction keywords: Mobile devices and accessories, Pittsburg, Samsung Galaxy S23


A growing number of large companies are forcing suppliers to bid through reverse auctions. Here’s how to survive one with your margins intact.

On days when Gartner Studios is trying to lock down a major sale, Greg Gartner turns his employee lounge into a war room. An arsenal of laptops and phones and reams of data are brought in for employees to use.

Shouting matches among workers are common. So is heavy perspiration. If Gartner’s team wins the deal, there’s a lot of whooping and the boss hands out tequila shots. These back-breaking dealmaking sessions can last for eight hours or more.

For Gartner, a company that supplies stationery and related products to mass market retailers and office superstores, selling paper ain’t what it used to be. Deals that 10 years ago would have started with a cold call and ended months later with a handshake are now governed by a process that was virtually unheard of when the Stillwater, Minnesota, company was founded in 1998: the online reverse auction.

Read more at: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070501/salesmarketing-pricing.html

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