Sales for 3M’s industrial business grew 6.6 percent in the quarter.
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L&W, USG’s distribution business, had its first operating profit since 2008.
USG Sales Climb 15% in 2Q Read More »
The decline was due in part to decreased demand in industrial distribution.
Timken Sales Fall 16% in 2Q Read More »
Frank Roach, current executive for Canada and the U.S., will continue to focus on opportunities for growth in the U.S.
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Overall sales were up 13.2 percent for the electrical distributor, thanks to acquisitions.
WESCO Organic Sales Fall 1.2% in Second Quarter Read More »
It would be natural for a business leader to assume that their customers operate in the same way that they do. But according to Bob DeStefano, president of SVM E-Marketing Solutions, business today has reached a tipping point where “generation net” workers outnumber baby boomers, and the way they do business is different from past generations.
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Sales and inventories data for wholesaler-distributors in May 2013.
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Many distributors are launching services or spinning-off separate service-based companies. But to do this successfully, it's critical to build out a services portfolio by design.
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Food distribution sales increased 10.3 percent, primarily from acquisitions.
Nash Finch Company Sales Up 9% in Second Quarter Read More »
Industrial and infrastructure sales both declined in the fourth quarter.
Kennametal Organic Sales Down 8% in FY2013 Read More »
Profit increased 23 percent for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.
Precision Castparts Sales Jump 20% in First Quarter Read More »
But executives report some softness in the latest quarter for manufacturing customers.
MSC, Fastenal & Others Bullish on Manufacturing’s Future Read More »
Arrow finds growth opportunities in services that didn’t exist for the distributor a few years ago
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Profit increased 7.6 percent to $424 million.
McKesson Sales Up 5% in 1Q Read More »
Most product business saw sequential order growth.
ABB Sales Grow in Second Quarter Read More »
Profit fell 25.6 percent to $81 million.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Sales up 10.8% in 2Q Read More »
Underlying trends are stabilizing for the European building materials supplier, but sluggish European economies continue to dampen results.
Saint-Gobain Sales Down 2.9% in First Half of 2013 Read More »
Distributors expect growth to be tempered somewhat by government actions and rising employee costs.
NAW-McGladrey Report: Distributors Optimistic About Economy, but Expect Headwinds Read More »
Profit fell 7 percent during the quarter.
AmerisourceBergen Sales Up 13.3% in Third Quarter Read More »
Incremental improvements worked in the past, but todays market requires more rapidity.
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