RJ Young

Dealers Note Overcoming Obstacles as Key to Success in the Modern M&A Landscape

In conjunction with this month’s state of the industry focus on mergers and acquisitions, we’d like to provide you with a look at the various stumbling blocks that can either stall or completely stymie a deal before the final contract is signed. Often times, the obvious sticking
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RJ Young Acquires Business Electronics

Nashville, TN (April 3, 2019) — RJ Young announced today it has completed the acquisition of Business Electronics (BE), a privately-owned office technology and solutions provider in Birmingham, Alabama. Founded in 1988, Business Electronics has serviced the greater Birmingham
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RJ Young Acquires Managed Provider Automated Imaging Systems of Louisiana

It might be said that RJ Young’s recent acquisition of Automated Imaging Systems (AIS) was 15 years in the making, but only needed 30 days for completion. RJ Young President and CEO Chip Crunk had been discussing the possibility of acquiring the Monroe, LA-based dealership with
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RJ Young Acquires Digitec of Jackson, Mississippi

Nashville, TN-based RJ Young announced that it has completed the acquisition of Digitec, a privately-owned office equipment dealer in Jackson, MI, that specializes in multi-functional printers. Digitec is a family owned and operated business that has been operating for over 30
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Elite Dealers Chart the Challenges Confronting their Businesses

As part of our annual Elite Dealers issue, ENX Magazine queries respondents regarding the toughest challenges facing their operations. We squirreled away these answers from our 132 honorees to roll out to readers throughout the month of December. So, take a break from your
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Nontraditional Equipment: Dealers Eyeing More Technologies on the Horizon

As we put the wraps on this month’s state of the industry overview of new technologies that dealers are bringing to their client’s office, one thing’s for sure. It’s kind of hard to top a telepresence robot, 3D printing systems and atmospheric water generators. Still, there are
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Challenges Exist in Working Nontraditional Products into Managed Service Contracts

If you had the opportunity to check out our October State of the Industry report on nontraditional product offerings that can offer a foray into specific vertical markets, one of the questions you may have involves the ability to work them into managed service contracts. After
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Making the Jump to the Light Production Printing Market: Sage Advice

Entering a new product offering is often fraught with potential pitfalls. The allure of net-new business comes with a caveat for competency. Building from the ground up takes a commitment of not only time and money, but consideration. How will this offering fare among my customer
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Keeping Promises the Key to Keeping Customers for Difference Maker Hunter McCarty of RJ Young

A sad but true fact of human nature is that bad news travels faster than good news. The key to success in the office technology industry is the ability to control that message, and the best way to do that is to ensure customers rave much louder than they rant when it comes to
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Demo Showrooms Are Critical to Production Print Success

Building a working product showroom is an absolutely essential element to any dealer’s production print plans. That’s the message ENX heard from every dealer we spoke with for our February magazine feature, “Production Print Growth Drivers: Why Some Dealers Are Cashing
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Staffing Properly Is Critical to Success When Servicing Production Printers

When dealer starts to look at the production print market, an easy assumption to make is that the existing service team can support the new product line. That assumption is dangerous and wrong according to everyone ENX spoke with for our February magazine feature, “Production
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Mastering New Marketing Methods: The Dealer Channel Gets Social

It’s a new world and the old rules don’t always apply anymore when it comes to reaching new customers and retaining old ones. Social media is complementing and in some instances replacing traditional marketing for reaching out to customers and prospects. For some dealerships
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The Absolute Biggest Challenge Facing Document Imaging Dealers Today

“We’ve come to the end of the road and the end of the month presenting the challenges facing our 2014 Elite Dealers. After compiling more than 60 responses to the question, “What is your biggest challenge?” we discovered there was a sizable consensus among respondents as to
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News Bytes

Marco Named as 2014 Microsoft Central Region SMB Partner of the Year Aug. 6, 2014 – Marco was recognized by Microsoft as the SMB Partner of the Year for the central region at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, DC on July 14, 2014. Awards were
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The 25 Most Significant Events in the Office Imaging Industry of the Past 25 Years Part 2

Welcome back to another round of the office imaging industry’s most significant events of the past 25 years. It’s been quite the ride, a ride that shows no signs of abating. No doubt about it, the past 25 years have been some of the most exciting in the industry with ups and
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