North American buying group AD, Wayne, PA, welcomed more than 280 AD independent distributors and service providers across 7 industries and 3 countries to the third annual AD eCommerce Summit in Fort Worth. Over the last three years, AD has normalized and attributed over 4 million SKUs and 88 AD member companies have launched their Digital Branches with AD eContent.  

Caroline Ernst, AD VP eCommerce Solutions, commented, “It is remarkable what our members have accomplished over the last three years. Independents are now competing and winning in the digital world. And we at AD are honored to play a part in that win. AD is committed to leveraging our scale to help save our members time and money when it comes to their eCommerce initiatives.” 

The 2019 AD eCommerce Summit agenda was entirely comprised of member-curated content and focused on key strategies to help independent distributors win in an evolving digital world. Attendees could tailor their personal agendas to meet their most pressing eCommerce needs. For the first time, AD introduced eCommerce platform networking sessions for and one-on-one strategic booth sessions where attendees could seek advice from eCommerce experts.  

AD Bearings & Power Transmission also recently hosted its 4th annual AD Winter Meeting in Miami, Florida. More than 300 members and supplier partners were in attendance, with over 95 independent distributor companies present. This was the first AD Bearings & Power Transmission event since the merger with IDC-USA on January 1st.