WESCO International Inc. (NYSE: WCC), Pittsburgh, PA, reported sales for the first quarter of $1.8 million, down 2.2 percent compared to the same period the previous year. Profit decreased 23.4 percent to $36 million.
Organic sales decreased 6.7 percent; foreign exchange rates negatively impacted sales by 2.6 percent, and were partially offset by the positive impacts from acquisitions and number of workdays of 3.9 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively.