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Table of Contents:

• MDM Special Report: The Industrial Vending Boom – Case Studies
  • SnapVend Aims to Even Playing Field
  • Deco Tool Supply: Documenting Vending's Value
  • Machine Tools Supply: Understanding Customer Needs Critical
  • Stauffer Glove & Safety: New to Vending, Distributor Hones Approach
• Commentary: The Perils of Automating Customer Service
• MDM 3Q2013 Pricing Trends Report
• MDM Inflation Index: Septemeber 2013
• News Digest

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• MDM-Baird Survey: Slow but Steady Growth in 3Q Survey
• MDM Interview: Minimizing Risk in Your Business
• Commentary: How Good is Your Knowledge Transfer?
• The Difference Between Stock & Stuff
• News Digest

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Table of Contents:

• MDM Interview: Fastenal’s Vending Evolution – part of The Industrial Vending Boom Special Report
• Industrial Vending’s Growing Pains – part of The Industrial Vending Boom Special Report
• Commentary: Channel Partnerships – Where’s the Trust?
• Building on Already Profitable Business
• News Digest

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• Industrial Vending: ‘A Runway for Growth’ – part 1 of The Industrial Vending Boom Special Report
• Commentary: Lessons from the New Normal
• Amazon & Google’s B-to-B Play
• MDM Industrial Inflation Index: August 2013
• Wholesale Trade Data: July 2013
• News Digest

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• The Growing Cost of Product Liability
• Commentary: Re-evaluate Human Capital for Growth
• Why Net Profit is a Better Basis for Segmentation
• MDM Interview: Univar CEO on Balancing Global and Local Markets
• News Digest

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• MDM-Baird Survey: Inconsistent First Quarter for Distributors
• Commentary: Beware the Amazon Mystique
• Yes, Customers Want to Hear from You
• MDM Pricing Trends Report: First Quarter 2013
• MDM Industrial Inflation Index: February 2013

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• Responding to the Big-Box Challenge
• Commentary: Customer Service 101
• Geothermal: A Challenge of Knowledge
• Interview: Breaking Down the Barriers in CRM
• Distribution Financial Metrics & Trading Multiples

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• Challenges & Opportunities in Solar
• Commentary: Challenge Assumptions to Uncover New Opportunities
• The Hiring Disconnect in Distribution
• MDM Interview: Pamela Kan – Learn & Adapt or Be Left Behind

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Table of Contents:

• Shifting Competitive Landscape Series: Global Competition on a Local Level
• Commentary: Shifting Landscape, Shifting Relationships
• MDM Interview: Building Materials Sector – Disintermediation & Channel Conflict

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Table of Contents:

• MDM-Baird Distribution Survey – 4Q13: Survey Reveals Choppy Fourth Quarter
• Commentary: The Puck Stops Here
• New Year, New Approach to Business
• Fourth Quarter 2012 Pricing Trends Report for Dozens of Product Groups

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Table of Contents:

• Shifting Competitive Landscape Series: Beyond Amazon: E-Commerce’s Impact
• Commentary: Take a Step Back
• The State of E-Commerce in Distribution: 2013

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Table of Contents:

• 12 Trends in Distribution for 2013
• Commentary: Competitive Difference in 2013
• 2013 Economic Outlook
• Distribution Financial Metrics and Trading Multiples

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