The $1 Trillion Blind Spot: Why Most B2B Promotions Destroy Profit
Most B2B promotions destroy profit because trade spend is measured by top-line lift rather than incremental ROI—creating a Promotional Illusion that masks cannibalization and margin loss. Promotion-and-trade optimization replaces reactive defensive spending with an analytics-driven framework that distinguishes genuinely incremental volume from subsidized baseline sales, turning trade budgets into measurable growth investment.