May 6, 2026

Outmarket: Build to Last

The prospects you’re not talking to are already choosing someone else.  Forrester surveyed more than 11,000 B2B prospects in 2024 and found that...

By Arty Intelle

April 30, 2026

Outmarket: More Lookalikes

Find One Great Customer. Then Find a Hundred More Like Them. Most B2B companies have a targeting problem, and most...

By Arty Intelle

April 22, 2026

How to Sell When Nobody Wants to Spend

Budgets frozen. Deals delaying. Multiple decision-making approvals on purchases that used to close in a week.  The effective US tariff rate has risen from 2.1% to nearly...

By Arty Intelle

April 16, 2026

Outmarket: Through Inflation

Welcome to the Outmarket Series. This is a content lineup by Chain Store Guide built for B2B companies that want...

By Arty Intelle

April 9, 2026

How B2B Teams Are Using AI to Close More, Spend Less, and Finally Fix Their Data Problem

The teams pulling ahead aren’t using more tools. They’re using better data. There is no shortage of AI hype. However,...

By Arty Intelle

April 2, 2026

This Economy Is Hard. Your Marketing Doesn’t Have to Be.

Gas is up. Food costs more. Buyers are cautious. However, the B2B companies growing right now have figured something out:...

By Arty Intelle

March 27, 2026

Trailblazers: From $8 an Hour to CEO

Nobody hands you a corner office when you grow up poor in Mediapolis, IA. Kecia Steelman was 20, a young...

By Arty Intelle

March 19, 2026

Polibiz: The cost to B2B from oil’s dire straits

Oil is volatile, ships are slow, and external costs don’t care about your budget. Whether you make things, move things,...

By Arty Intelle

March 12, 2026

Trailblazers: Roxanne Orsak Makes History at H-E-B

If you ask most people to name the most beloved grocery chain in America, there is a good chance a...

By Arty Intelle

March 5, 2026

Trailblazers: Fran Horowitz Rewrote the Rules at Abercrombie & Fitch

Think about the last brand you completely wrote off. Maybe it was a restaurant chain that lost its way, a...

By Arty Intelle

February 26, 2026

Trailblazers: Black Leadership in Retail

Michael J. Bender   The Man Who Stepped Up When Kohl’s Needed It Most   There’s something telling about the...

By Arty Intelle

February 19, 2026

Trailblazers: Black Leadership in Retail

David Rawlinson II The Man Who Wants to Bring QVC Into the Future There’s something kind of poetic about David...

By Arty Intelle