2013

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Table of Contents:

Shifting Competitive Landscape Series: Beyond Amazon: E-Commerce’s Impact
Commentary: Take a Step Back
The State of E-Commerce in Distribution: 2013

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United Stationers Adds Online and Marketing Executives

Companies, Free, Human Resources in Wholesale Distribution, News, Operations, Paper Products & Packaging Distribution, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

United has added three key executives to direct its marketing and online initiatives.

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Industrial Distribution Group Withdraws Offer for Commercial Solutions

Facilities Maintenance (MRO), Finance, Free, Mergers & Acquisitions, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

IDG did not provide a reason for withdrawing its December offer.

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Manufacturing Sees Widespread Benefits from Shale Gas Boom

Chemicals & Plastics Distribution, Economic Trends, Free, Gases & Welding Equipment, MDM Blog, Research & Analytics, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / Angela Poulson

Decreased materials and energy costs due to the low cost of gas may draw manufacturers back to the U.S.

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After Court Ruling, Challenges Expected to Regulations Implemented by NLRB

Free, Legal Issues in Wholesale Distribution, MDM Blog, Operations, Public Policy, Research & Analytics, Subscriber Only / Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier

Court rules that the President’s National Labor Relations Board recess appointments were ‘unconstitutional.’

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Podcast: More Production Equals More Jobs

Free, Strategy, Subscriber Only / Todd Schnick

Manufacturing Revival Radio talks with Dan St. Louis of the Manufacturing Solutions Center.

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Airgas Sales Up 5% in Third Quarter

Companies, Free, Gases & Welding Equipment, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Profit for the industrial and specialty gases company climbed 14 percent over the same period a year ago.

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3M Sales Up 1% in 2012

Companies, Electrical, Free, News, Operations, Paper Products & Packaging Distribution, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Organic local-currency sales increased 4.3 percent.

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AmerisourceBergen First-Quarter Sales Up 5.7%

Free, News, Pharmaceutical & Health Care, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Profit increased 4 percent to $168.6 million.

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Grainger 2012 Sales Hit $9B

Companies, Facilities Maintenance (MRO), Featured Breaking News, Free, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Grainger’s fourth-quarter sales growth slowed, but sales overall were still up 11% for the year.

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Kennametal Fiscal 2Q Sales Down by 1%

Companies, Free, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Kennametal had a 10 percent organic sales decline for the period.

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Stanley Black & Decker Sales Up 8% in 2012

Building Materials/Construction, Fasteners, Free, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Organic sales increased 2 percent.

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Hexcel 2012 Sales Up 13%

Electrical, Free, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Fourth-quarter sales rose 9 percent.

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United Rentals Sales Up 60.6% in 2012

Building Materials/Construction, Free, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Profit fell 25.7 percent to $75 million.

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Timken Sales in 2012 Down 3.5%

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Profit increased 8.6 percent over the prior year.

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Conference Board Leading Economic Index Rises in December

Economic Trends, Free, News, Research & Analytics, Subscriber Only / MDM Staff

Increase led by improvement in initial claims for unemployment insurance and positive contributions from interest rate spread and the LCI.

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Think of Your Company as a Portfolio

Free, Management, MDM Blog, Strategy, Subscriber Only / Stuart Mechlin

The portfolio concept can help you better analyze the segments of your business, wherever you have assets deployed.

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New Website Attracts Millennials to Industrial Distribution

Association/Buying Group News, Free, Human Resources in Wholesale Distribution, News, Operations, Subscriber Only / MDM Staff

Industrial Careers Pathway has overhauled its website.

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Don’t Forget Technology Goals in Your Strategic Plan

Free, Management, MDM Blog, Strategy, Subscriber Only, Technology / Angela Poulson

Brent Grover: Well-executed technology investments can make a real difference for distributors.

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MDM News Digest 4302

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News briefs from Jan. 11-Jan. 25, 2013

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Download this Issue in PDF: Jan. 25, 2013

United Stationers Adds Online and Marketing Executives

Industrial Distribution Group Withdraws Offer for Commercial Solutions

Manufacturing Sees Widespread Benefits from Shale Gas Boom

After Court Ruling, Challenges Expected to Regulations Implemented by NLRB

Podcast: More Production Equals More Jobs

Airgas Sales Up 5% in Third Quarter

3M Sales Up 1% in 2012

AmerisourceBergen First-Quarter Sales Up 5.7%

Grainger 2012 Sales Hit $9B

Kennametal Fiscal 2Q Sales Down by 1%

Stanley Black & Decker Sales Up 8% in 2012

Hexcel 2012 Sales Up 13%

United Rentals Sales Up 60.6% in 2012

Timken Sales in 2012 Down 3.5%

Conference Board Leading Economic Index Rises in December

Think of Your Company as a Portfolio

New Website Attracts Millennials to Industrial Distribution

Don’t Forget Technology Goals in Your Strategic Plan

MDM News Digest 4302

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