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Two of North America's largest JanSan, foodservice and packaging supplies distributors are now one.
During the month, MDM reported on 43 mergers and acquisitions among distributors and manufacturers, the second most in any month this year.
Mike Hockett recounts his fireside chat with Barry Litwin at MDM’s SHIFT conference, where the CEO detailed how the company actioned its many recent initiatives.
James Dorn and Tom Gale outline ways to leverage manufacturer incentives, create strategic tiered suppliers at a product category level and capture every available dollar before year-end.
3Q23 revenue growth for industrial sectors declined 0.5%, according to the latest Baird-MDM Distribution Survey. Premium members can get our resulting MarketPulse report now.
MDM's Spencer Gale highlights the significant presence of emerging leaders and the strong sense of community at ISA's Fall Summit.
While total sales growth continued to slow from earlier in the year, it still far outperformed the MRO market.
In the second of his three-part series, Randy MacLean shows the manageable metrics that drive operational efficiency and guide labor assignments.
Domestic M&A activity across all industries was down again, continuing a sequential downward trend that started during the last three months of 2021.
Mike Hockett examines where wholesale inventory levels are at today, where they are headed and MDM’s latest data on just how big of an issue excess inventory may be entering 2024.
3Q Industrial & Safety sales fell nearly 5% year-over-year amid mixed end-market demand and distributors right-sizing inventory levels.
The surprise walkout comes days after UAW President highlighted the "shortcomings" of Stellantis’ current offer.
Amid the contract shift between employees and employers, Dirk Beveridge explains how today's HR departments can bridge the gap between people and purpose.
Mike Marks and Tom Gale discuss data points from the 3Q23 Baird-MDM Survey, what the front lines in distribution are saying about how 4Q is shaping and things firms can do now to outperform in 2024.
The 3Q23 Baird-MDM Survey revealed new quantitative data on industry-wide frontline hiring/retention, and plenty of interesting commentary.
Engine Capital reportedly said the PVF distributor could net $14 to $18 per share in a sale as a premium to its current stock price.
Often, too many people are involved in the B2B sales workflow, the right people aren’t, or they don’t have access to needed information. We chat with vSimple’s Katie Duvall on sales communication blind spots.
Mike Hockett examines the latest economic trending data as it pertains to wholesale distributors, including their revenue expectations through next year.
James Dorn joins MDM's Tom Gale to bust the myth of not being able to grow both top-line revenue and margin in challenging market conditions.
