Revenues of wholesaler-distributors grew by 8.6% in 2007, marking another year of strong overall performance, according to Pembroke Consulting’s The 2008 Wholesale Distribution Economic Factbook,” the third edition of its comprehensive market data reference guide to the $4.2 trillion U.S. wholesale distribution industry.
The new report contains detailed economic statistics on the 112 distinct sub-sectors within the wholesale distribution industry.
“The performance of individual sub-sectors varied more than in previous years,” said Pembroke President Adam J. Fein, the study’s author. “The ongoing surge in commodity prices continues to ripple through wholesale distribution. Some sectors actually shrank in 2007 after revenues are adjusted for price …
