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.
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Allied designs, makes and services industrial control panels, electro-mechanical assemblies, robotic automation and integrated solutions.
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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.
CEO D.G. Macpherson noted how the company achieved solid results amidst a slow, but steady demand environment.
It was the second straight deceleration and fell well short of consensus forecasts, dampening hopes of Federal interest rate cuts.
This compilation episode features mini-interviews Mike Hockett conducted at ISA24, gathering channel perspectives from ISA’s CEO, two distribution CEOs, three service providers and two college students.
The rule is set to increase the current salary threshold for overtime pay exemption by 65% at the start of 2025.
The rule will go into effect 120 days after entered into the Federal Register, though it's expected to meet stern legal opposition.
