2022

Rewrite Your Strategy to Win the New Self-Serve Customer

Featured Blog, Strategy / James Dorn and J Schneider

The end customer increasingly desires to buy from you like they do in their everyday personal life. If you aren’t rewriting your strategy to meet the needs of the self-service customer, you are in danger of falling behind.

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AMETEK Appoints New VP of Strategic Procurement

Leave a Comment / Leadership, Operations / Mark Powell

Gene Hahnenberg previously worked at Trane Technologies, where he was most recently Vice President of Direct Materials Procurement.

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LINC Systems Announces New CEO

Leave a Comment / Fasteners, News / Mike Hockett

Kelly Evans retired effective Nov. 1, and the fasteners and packaging supplies distributor has named his successfor.

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Quicktake: Channel Partner KPIs to Watch in a Downturn

Leave a Comment / Data & Analytics, Featured Blog / Brad Star

When markets soften, surprises tend to be of the negative variety. But downturns can also open up opportunities to strengthen key supplier partnerships. MDM’s Tom Gale and IRCG’s Mike Marks discuss the key performance indicators in supplier relationships that can be either early warning signals or telltales for competitive opportunity across inventory and cash management, backlogs, support and strategic alignment.

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Lowe’s Brings Back ‘Product Pitch’ Event for Potential Suppliers

Lowe’s to Sell Canadian Retail Unit to Sycamore Partners

Leave a Comment / Mergers & Acquisitions, News / MDM Staff

For a purchase price of $400 million, the transaction is expected to close in early 2023.

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Construction Industry Adds 1,000 Jobs in October

Leave a Comment / Economic Trends / Mark Powell

On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has risen by 266,000 jobs, an increase of 3.6%, according to Associated Builders and Contractors.

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Premium Monthly: Mixed Signals, Cautious Optimism Continues

Leave a Comment / Featured Blog, MDM Blog / Mike Hockett

MDM hit the road in October to cover several industry events. Here’s what we learned about what lies ahead for distributors.

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Fastenal’s October Daily Sales Hold Strong on Manufacturing Demand

Leave a Comment / Earnings, News / Mike Hockett

Despite waning growth in non-residential construction markets, total daily sales growth essentially matched September’s.

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After Merger, Distribution Solutions Group Sees Big Increase in 3Q Sales

Leave a Comment / Earnings, Operations / Mark Powell

Lawson Products changed its name to Distribution Solutions Group after merging with TestEquity Gexpro Services in April.

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Motion & Control Enterprises acquires Lone Star

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Nightwine Valves & Actuation

Leave a Comment / Mergers & Acquisitions, Motion and Flow Control Products, News / Brad Star

The acquisition is MCE’s third of 2022 and seventh since 2021.

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SureWerx Acquires Massachusetts-Based Oberon Company

Leave a Comment / Mergers & Acquisitions, News, Safety Products / Brad Star

Oberon designs and manufactures a wide variety of Arc Flash safety products, including suits, face shields and gloves.

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A Distributor Case Study in Adding Automation to Culture

Leave a Comment / Featured Blog, Technology / Mike Hockett

Our latest MDM Webcast explores the many facets of where automation can be applied for distributors, and how instilling a mantra of ‘What can we automate?’ across the organization can maximize the technology’s effectiveness.

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