The global wholesale and distribution industry has been rapidly growing over the last few years. The U.S. wholesale and distribution sector accounts for nearly $7 trillion in annual sales, with 3.2 million workers generating over $1 trillion in payroll from a wide range of industries including retail, food manufacturing and wholesaling, transportation and warehousing, finance, insurance and real estate services, health care and social assistance, mining and construction

The mill products industry is composed of a wide range of products, including paper and newsprint, corrugated and solid fibreboard, other fibreboard, particleboard, and related products. It also composed of Steel Mills, Textile mills, wood industry. The industry employed 141,300 workers in 2016, down from 159,200 in 2012. In 2016, about 50% of employment was in the manufacture of paper and paper products; 38% in the manufacture of wood products; and 11% in the manufacture of non-paper fibre products. Employment was distributed geographically as follows: Quebec 25.5%, Ontario 24.6%, Atlantic provinces 16.7%, western Canada 15.8%, and other 3%. It is worth mentioning that there is increasing labour shortage for the industry. One of the reasons behind this situation is that it has a negative impact on its performance and thus job opportunities. This industry includes three main sectors: Paper, Printing & Publishing, and Converted Paper Products. The demand for paper pro.ducts fell in 2017 to 641,900 tonnes from 666,600 tonnes in 2016. In the same year, imports of paper products amounted to 10% of total consumption while exports reached 15% of total production.

The global market for electronics goods has been growing, increasing by an average of 6.5% every year. In 2016, it was at an estimated worth of a staggering $4 trillion! But as the world market for electronics changes and grows to keep up with advancements in technology, so must the manufacturing processes that create this equipment. The demand is immense, but are there enough skilled workers in the industry to meet such stringent requirements?

More than likely, one of the reasons why you're reading this blog article is because you are looking for a new ecommerce platform. As you may know, there are both free and paid open source platforms out there. Some of the open source technology are opencart, opensource, woo commerce, Magento and many more. In this blog article, I'm going to look at 7 benefits that having an open source ecommerce platform might offer your business.