Revealing the profit challenges and opportunities in the power transmission/motion control industry, the 2009 PT Distributor Performance Report released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association indicates that the typical PT/MC distributor experienced an increase in gross margins but slower sales growth than anticipated at the beginning of the year.
When asked in October 2007 to forecast sales for 2008, just over 50% of distribution firms anticipated growth in sales of between 5% and 14.9%. The actual sales growth rate for the median PTDA distributor, was lower than anticipated at 1.7%. As for gross margins, 80% forecasted growth in gross margins in the range of 0 to 1.9%. According to the data collected for the PT Distributor …
PT/MC Distributor Sales Growth Lower Than Anticipated In 2009
Revealing the profit challenges and opportunities in the power transmission/motion control industry, the 2009 PT Distributor Performance Report released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association indicates that the typical PT/MC distributor experienced an increase in gross margins but slower sales growth than anticipated at the beginning of the year.
When asked in October 2007 to forecast sales for 2008, just over 50% of distribution firms anticipated growth in sales of between 5% and 14.9%. The actual sales growth rate for the median PTDA distributor, was lower than anticipated at 1.7%. As for gross margins, 80% forecasted growth in gross margins in the range of 0 to 1.9%. According to the data collected for the PT Distributor …
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