In this 30-minute episode of Executive Briefing:

David Manthey, CFA, senior analyst at R.W. Baird & Company, speaks with Associate Editor Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier about the results from the third-quarter survey on industrial distribution.

Brent Grover of Evergreen Consulting, and MDM Publisher Tom Gale discuss business planning, including:

• The importance of creating, linking and executing a business plan
• The reality about the recession’s ‘end’
• Changes to the M&A landscape
• The impact of changing demographics on the distribution industry

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