HD Supply Acquires Redi Carpet
MRO distributor HD Supply has closed its first acquisition since being re-acquired by Home Depot in late 2020.
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August 2023
Beacon Acquires All American Vinyl Siding Supply
Beacon has completed its seventh 2023 acquisition with the addition of Tupelo, Missouri-based All American Vinyl Siding Supply.
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Builders FirstSource 2Q Margins Tick Up as Sales Sink
Major organic sales decline and deflation continued to slam the building products distribution giant in 2Q.
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Indoff Deal Helps Global Industrial’s Sales as 2Q Margins Shrink
Excluding Global’s $69 million acquisition of Indoff that closed in May, 2Q sales were down 5.2% year-over-year.
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Ferguson Makes Trio of Acquisitions, Adding $450M Revenue
The additions for the plumbing and industrial supplies distribution giant are across three different industries.
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What’s Your 2024 Value-Creation Plan?
With budgets and action plans already looking to next year, Tom Gale examines how to identify where your team is today across the dimensions of people, sales process, technology and data analytics.
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June U.S. Construction Spending Up 0.5% from May, 3.5% YoY
Year-to-date construction spending through the first half of the year was up 3.0% vs. 2022.
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Graybar 2Q Sales Grew 4.5% to Company Record
Electrical, communications and data networking products distributor Graybar’s net sales for the second quarter of 2023 totaled $2.8 billion,
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Watsco Cites Regulation-Driven Snarls as 2Q Sales Fall 6%
Watsco’s second-quarter sales were impacted by a wide-ranging regulatory requirement that took effect on Jan. 1.
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Financials: Kennametal, Eaton, Rockwell, CAT & More
It’s a big week for industrial manufacturer’s financial reports. We recap the key figures for six of them here.
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Fastener Supply Company Acquires General Machinery
Fastener Supply Company’s acquisition of General Machinery will enhance the fastener distributor’s capabilities and expand product offerings.
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July ISM Manufacturing PMI Improves Slightly
For a second straight month, none of the PMI’s 10 subindexes registered monthly expansion.
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Stanley B&D 2Q Sales Fall 5%, but Margin Improves
Lower volumes and last year’s oil & gas divestiture weighted down on revenue growth, while the company continued to slash inventories.
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