Decrease in Producer Price Index followed a 1.4% advance in January.
Wholesale Prices Decline 0.6% in February Read More »
Processes and incentives for sharing information can improve productivity, results.
Lessons from Communication Mistakes at Toyota Read More »
WinWholesale plumbing/HVAC subsidiary opens new location in Cape Coral.
Noland Company Expands in Florida Read More »
Electrical and communications products distributor announced new vice presidents of industrial markets and government sales.
Graybar Makes Two Executive Appointments Read More »
Whatever opinions this customer expressed to your CEO are likely to drive big changes in your company even if they are not very important in the scheme of things.
Memo to Sales Managers: Don’t Let the CEO Make a Sales Call Read More »
Year over year, housing starts increased 0.2%.
February Housing Starts Down 5.9% from January Read More »
Sales gains were broadly based for Canadian manufacturers.
Canadian Manufacturing Sales Rise in January Read More »
Distributor says the additions are in response to government infrastructure initiatives.
Reid Supply Company Adds 8,000 Products to Web site Read More »
Acquisition of $66M Weita expands Bunzl’s reach into new sectors.
Bunzl Expands in Switzerland Read More »
Overall operating revenues for the diversified manufacturer increased 10%.
Illinois Tool Works Base Revenues Improve 2% in Last Three Months Read More »
Capacity utilization also moves up.
Industrial Production Edges Up in February Read More »
Sales for the distributor of specialty metal and plastic products were down 45.9% for the year.
A. M. Castle Records $26.9M Loss for 2009 Read More »
Airgas continues to reject calls for meeting regarding Air Products’ acquisition proposal.
Air Products Again Requests Meeting with Airgas Read More »
New organization will have a national footprint dedicate to the hospitality industry.
HD Supply Facilities Maintenance Launches Hospitality Sales Organization Read More »
The goal: to provide MDM readers with more data on the state of the industry.
Announcing a New MDM-Baird Benchmarking Survey Read More »
What would happen if you went undercover in your company?
What Distributors Can Learn from ‘Undercover Boss’ Read More »
January also benefited from a favorable comparison with January 2009.
Monthly Wholesale Revenues Up in January Read More »
February decline offsets gains posted in January.
Pulse of Commerce Index Falls 0.7% in February Read More »
Manufacturing industries posted the second consecutive gain for capacity utilization, rising to 69.7%.
Capacity Utilization for Canadian Industries Increases in 4Q Read More »
Shown below are key events in Grainger’s e-commerce evolution plus sales through Grainger’s catalog at www.grainger.com.
Source: Grainger 10Ks 1996-2009; timeline compiled by MDM
1995
Sidebar: Grainger’s E-Commerce Timeline Read More »
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