More than half of respondents in the 2Q24 Baird-MDM Distribution Survey indicated they characterized 2Q24 as slightly or much more competitive than a year earlier.
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Wesco's "all things digital" leader Akash Khurana joins us to discuss what digital transformation has meant for the electrical distributor, which ramped up its initiatives on that front upon its landmark 2020 acquisition of Anixter.
Growth continued to slide across all geographies, product segments and customer end markets.
As distributors look to add to their headcount in a challenging labor market, tech experts share three ways automation can help.
While anecdotal evidence points to industry improvement in hiring and retention, we polled hundreds of distributors about their turnover rate over the past year across leadership/management and frontline roles.
Weaker than expected industrial demand certainly hasn't dampened the industry's appetite for M&A dealmaking, as MDM's reporting has shown.
Tom Gale and Mike Marks discuss the biggest challenges distributors face as they transition from a traditional outside-generalist sales process to a more adaptive, digital-forward go-to-market model.
The ruling could have far-reaching impacts on the product safety liabilities of other eMarketplace platforms.
MDM attended the distributor’s biennial event in late June to learn all about its recent innovations, strategy and path ahead.
The third and final part of this MDM Premium series provides a deep dive Wesco’s digitization strategy and how it’s constantly improving how the organization serves customers.
Here's the condensed, free version of the third and final part of an MDM Premium series that dives into Wesco’s digitization strategy and how it's constantly improving how the organization serves customers.
McKinsey Senior Partner Kevin Sachs joins us to preview the keynote presentation at MDM's SHIFT Conference and the industry's biggest driving factors in the year ahead.
Year-over-year sales and profit continued to slide at MRO supplies distributor Motion, though not as much as in 1Q.
As the speed of technological evolution has outpaced legacy systems' adaptability, this piece breaks down the advantages that composable ERP tech offers distributors to stay ahead of the curve.
We identified more than 40 distributors to garner the honor, which these firms are happy to use as a recruiting and retention tool.
The second of this three-part MDM Premium series examines Wesco’s strategy to digitalize and transform its business while developing its team and culture of excellence.
Here's the condensed, free version of the second in a three-part Premium series that examines the state of Wesco International and the strategic pillars powering the organization.
We benchmarked the results of a large-scale poll on distributors’ AI usage against that of a year earlier, and the findings were eye-opening. This piece examines the comparative results.
Despite the month-to-month regression for 2024 and 2025, full-year revenues are still expected to outperform the U.S. GDP by a healthy margin.
Weak fastener sales continue to weigh on overall results, though the company indicated that customer acquisition efforts remain encouraging.
