Blurring the lines between B2C and B2B
Like so many of the comfy business contructs that no longer seem to make sense (The Five Forces, The Four P’s and the Three Whatevers…,) the traditional divides of B2B and B2C are becoming less meaningful every day. What has tended to differentiate B2B and B2C has been the nature of their relationships – sustained vs. transactional and their channels – direct vs. intermediated. But there is a lot that B2B can learn from B2C’s emphasis on deep customer insight, rapid sensing,