Accelerated diversification amongst product verticals has complicated our Top Distributors process in recent years, while also making it increasingly fascinating, as this piece explains.
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They include the B2B marketplace’s App Center, a bulk order quote feature and more.
Unexpected results from the distributor’s pilot phase of a web pricing realignment rollout may serve as a cautionary tale for others to avoid emulating.
PVF distribution group Venturi Supply was formed by combining six companies. Here, CEO Michael DiMino shares how the company maintains its independence while fostering cohesiveness across the organization.
The company says the deal allows it to better serve the “complex purchase occasion” and establishes it as a leading specialty trade distributor across multiple vehicles.
See the slate of industry events during the second half of 2024 that are on MDM's radar.
MDM's May Premium content led up to the release of our 2024 Top Distributors feature. You can download our latest Premium Monthly PDF now.
Dirk Van Dongen was an influential leader and force who spent decades advocating for the wholesale distribution sector. MDM reached out to some of those who worked closely with him to capture his legacy.
Our highly anticipated annual feature is now available to view and download. Explore our 20 different lists to see distribution’s biggest movers and shakers.
The U.S. wholesale distribution’s sector’s overall revenue outlook for 2024 moved more aligned with its historical growth average, with an even better 2025 to follow.
Amid more challenges than ever, distributors can increase sales and drive business growth by considering the following four tips across different key areas.
In pursuing better cash flow, the challenge is identifying the sales that are canceling profits already made, and that’s where analytics comes in.
Van Dongen led NAW for 41 years until his retirement in late 2020, spearheading the association’s transformation into what it is today.
Check out this overview for distributors of what’s going on in the PPE, first aid kit, dropped object prevention and heat stress front.
Having retired at the end of May, Ted Cowie joins to reflect on evolving sales strategies during his four decades in the industry, particularly in his 10+ years at Motion.
Our free Top Distributors webcast is followed by the go-live of our downloadable PDF and web listings that same day.
It will result in a new division within AD that represents more than 700 independent electrical distributors in the U.S.
The industrial economy barometer has been in contraction territory for 18 of the past 19 months through May.
After a few solid but unspectacular months for deal volume, May spiked to the most distribution deals tracked by MDM since at least the start of 2023.
