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Plimsoll tells VARs to look at 17 strong-performing acquisition targets and eschew the 88 distressed "classic acquisitions"

Channel firms have been warned to move their M&A strategies away from cut-price distressed rivals and splash the cash a little more to acquire fast-growing, debt-free firms. Plimsoll has studied...

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