Things moved more optimistically overall in our latest forecast update for both 2024 and 2025 revenues.
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Associations reported financial optimism, with a growing focus on technology investment and adaption to market challenges.
A solid but unspectacular volume month featured the news of two top electrical distributors combining.
Month-to-month, the revenue outlook for 2024 improved modestly, while 2025’s had a healthy increase. See those figures plus an updated GDP forecast here.
With demand softness lasting longer than any industrial distributor would prefer, we examine recent executive commentary and numerous economic indicators to make sense of business conditions.
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.
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.
Find a synopsis of our Mid-Year Outlook webcast from June 27 and details on new economic reports MDM is set to roll out.
New tech features and a landmark acquisition illustrate the many elephants in the distribution room today.
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.
A key question in the latest Baird-MDM Distribution Survey addressed whether there is a real trend in suppliers changing minimum purchasing requirements, and who it’s impacting most.
The buying group's quarterly membership survey showed considerable optimism among distributors despite potential headwinds later this year.
The distributor’s major acquisition of Dominion Electric is just the latest piece in what has been a rapid 13-year expansion. Mike Hockett breaks down what Dominion adds to Border States and how it aligns with its growth history.
Mike Hockett extracts commentary from a panel discussion between STAFDA distributors, manufacturers and rep agents.
Meanwhile, about one-third reported decreased gross margins because of supplier price increases and other cost pressures.
While the company didn't celebrate it with fanfare, it’s still a significant milestone for Amazon's vast logistics network.
Avnet's third annual Insights Survey revealed engineers' growing optimism about supply chain conditions, but uncertainty about demand.
