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Distribution Sector Revenues Overdue for a Leveling

We examine the latest future revenue expectations for the wholesale distribution sector and where inventory levels currently stand vs. their historic averages.

By Mike Hockett

August 22, 2022

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As I write this blog, we’re currently 63.8% of the way through 2022, and it’s been a good 2022 for most wholesale distributors. The latest full-year forecast from the U.S. Census Bureau — provided to MDM by the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder — shows 18.3% year-over-year growth for the total distribution sector, following an even more robust 22.6% growth year in 2021. As you hopefully saw in MDM’s news coverage from the latest round of quarterly earnings reports from publicly-traded distributors, many of them raised their 2022 outlook upon better-than-expected…

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