The U.S. and EU reached a new trade agreement aimed at reducing tariffs, boosting exports and strengthening transatlantic economic ties.
Rexel reported an increase in 2Q sales, driven by strong performance in North America that offset weaker results in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Honeywell reported a healthy increase in overall 2Q sales and provided updates on its planned breakup into three independent companies.
Walmart is overhauling its AI strategy by unifying tools into four dedicated AI agents that each have their own focus — customers, employees, engineers and sellers/suppliers.
Our research conducted in early July found that half of distributors have gaps in their succession plans or broad-stroke strategy. Dive deeper into what we found and learned from the 2Q25 Baird-MDM Survey results.
Hundreds of Airgas tankhaul workers at 15 facilities across 11 states have expanded their strike and suggested the company deliberately released chemicals at two locations. Airgas provided a response statement to MDM.
The Trump administration unveiled a new AI Action Plan outlining over 90 steps to strengthen U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence across innovation, infrastructure and global policy.
Genuine Parts Company reported modest second-quarter sales growth but lowered its 2025 outlook due to U.S. tariffs and ongoing market uncertainty.
Republic National Distributing Co. is shutting down its California operations and cutting 1,756 jobs across statewide locations following recent supplier departures.
3M reported 2Q results with organic sales growth across all business units and improved margins, despite a slight decline in net profit.
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