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distributors in the industry in order to better serve the changing needs of their customers. Yet, offering the solution wasn’t enough — Dixie Paper needed to train its sales team so it understood the solution, while also helping customers understand the technology and integrate it into its business processes. Striking a balance between being progressive with online capabilities, but still personal with individual service for each customer has been a challenge. “Depending on the work environment, accessibility to technology, tech savviness or just preference, there are still cases where customers want and need the personalized service of a dedicated sales representative, and we’re happy to provide that,” says Horn. “But customers are beginning to prefer the time savings and ease of online ordering over time spent with a sales representative. We want our customers to know that we’re the best in this space and we’re there and waiting for them when they’re ready to make that choice.” This new business outlook not only caught the attention of customers, but of other distributors, as well.