The White House will eliminate one-third of requirements from future contracts that aren’t mandated by law in an effort to “cut red tape.”
It’s just the latest building materials distribution megadeal and essentially is Lowe’s answer to rival Home Depot buying SRS Distribution in 2024.
HD saw the strongest broad strength across its merchandising departments in over two years during 2Q, while average ticket and big ticket comps accelerated.
Airgas claims that the picketing union violated its collective bargaining agreement, while the union claims that Airgas deliberately released “harmful” gas upon union employees at two locations.
Front-loaded inventories have buffered industrial buyers from sticker shock at distributors’ branch and digital shelves …for now. We examine if inflation finally showed up in July, and what large distributors are saying about pricing and...
U.S. industrial production fell in July as mining and utilities declined, while factory output missed expectations with a flat month.
PFG rejected a takeover proposal from US Foods while reporting strong 4Q and full-year 2025 financial results driven by recent acquisitions and sales growth.
GE Appliances announced a five-year investment to expand U.S. production, modernize facilities and grow its workforce across a handful of southern states.
Applied reported a solid end to fiscal 2025, with improved demand and a return to organic growth led by its Engineered Solutions segment.
QXO issued its first quarterly financial results since its $11 billion acquisition of Beacon at the end of April, with all key metrics topping analyst forecasts.
The employee feedback-based 2025 Top Workplaces list is out, which includes a ranked subset for distribution companies, segmented by size. Five are on MDM’s 2025 Top Distributors Lists.
Cardinal Health reported steady fourth-quarter results and a stronger profit outlook for 2026, while expanding its specialty care platform with the acquisition of Solaris Health.
