Welcome to Allen Ray Associates

Allen Ray Associates (ARA) offers a wide range of consultation services that include current market research, including market trends and insights that effect  manufacturer and distributor product offerings to their end users.

• Professional Business Assements...a diagnostic business review. To find out what to expect with a Professional Business Assement, click on the distributor tab up in the heading of this home page. This is about looking at your business by seasoned professional at ARA. Email or call for a sample assessment report.
• Electronic connectivity with your customers & vendors is more important than it ever was. How does your company connect? Send me an email at allen@allenray.com and I'll send you a score sheet.
• Taking advantage of the growing "Green Market place" Order your copy now.
• Product/company placement for your offerings
• Private Labeling issues. "To Private Label or not." There are 8 indepth articles that spell out the advantages and disadvantages
• Developing a greater through put in your business offering. Having a hard time getting more business with the same business ratios?
• Developing your market information, to make intelligent business decisions with in your business.
• Niche market reviews for any size of distributor

The founder is an accomplished author, speaker, business advisor, researcher of distribution, with 45+ years experience in distribution including acquiring, selling and managing distribution outlets. His hands on knowledge with extensive and includes data synchronization for cost, sales price, "cost plus", matrix pricing to manage greater profit and growth.

He has extensive knowledge with the whole Private Labeling issues and processes.  Allen's expertise in national/global account pricing structures, smart card and loyalty pricing was developed through many years with Trade Service Corporation in the regional, national and North American distribution market place.

To order a copy of the Contractor GREEN Survey research results, please down load the order blank here. For a brief overview of the research and survey results, please click here.