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Posts By Mike Hockett
The company is set to separate its electronics and water businesses from its industrial unit.
Two executives from the U.S. northeast distributor join to discuss the strategy behind its rapid recent growth and how it's made it all work.
Examine the potential rooftop solar has for distributors’ ROI, and review a case study of a small distributor getting results from recent installations.
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The industrial pure wholesaler was launched in 2017, catering to distributors and other resellers.
Mirroring the latest MDM Forecast, revenue forecasts from manufacturing respondent now expect low single-digit revenue growth.
Mike Hockett leads into our now-available April Premium Monthly with a state of industrial softness that's lasting longer than anyone would've liked.
Allied designs, makes and services industrial control panels, electro-mechanical assemblies, robotic automation and integrated solutions.
GPT-4o is a faster but still free model for all ChatGPT users.
All but two of the 19 wholesale distribution sectors we track moved more pessimistic month-to-month in our May forecast for 2024 revenue growth, which moved into lower single digits.
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Mike Hockett analyzes Sonepar’s 26-year North American expansion that has led to over $15 billion in 2023 sales, with most of that in the U.S.
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AIS Industrial & Construction Supply is a single-location distributor, but its innovation in sales, marketing and eCommerce has outdone that of many larger industry counterparts. CEO Dale Hahs joins to discuss what AIS has been up to lately, what he's seen change in his 40 years with the company, and what he'd do differently in a career restart.
It marks Blackhawk’s 11th deal since the start of 2022.
It’s set to push the distributor’s U.S. datacom and datacenter sales to over $1 billion annually.
Distributors are dealing with more potential business risks today than ever before. We polled hundreds of them to determine what the biggest risks are, and dissected plenty of interesting commentary.
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It was another deceleration as daily sales declined sequentially vs. March in all three of the company’s geographies and product lines.
Vallen's $350 million acquisition of Wesco Integrated Supply is just the latest win for the MRO distributor. CEO Chuck Delph stops by to discuss all the company's recent activity and onward momentum.
By the number of deals tracked, it was another average month and a deceleration from a frenzy of M&A news in December & January.
We gathered polling data and commentary from hundreds of respondents to find out. Find our analysis on the results here.
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The distributor’s organic sales topped expectations and the company continues to grow its automation presence.
