The PMI reported the seventh consecutive month of contraction, amid weak demand and cautious investment.
It provides a thorough look at the state of the U.S. wholesale distribution economy today and what factors are influencing underlying demand.
It decelerated from 2Q, reflecting a downturn in private inventory investment and residential fixed investment.
Here’s a closer look at what distributors can learn from failed attempts to integrate AI into business models and what elements are crucial to developing a sustainable strategy.
!!Presidential election years can cause business caution when it comes to spending. We asked hundreds of distributors about it in an October survey.
ABC Supply’s CEO shares a scaling secret that defies business school teachings. Learn how decentralization fueled the building supply distributor’s rise to the top.
We polled nearly 200 distributors about how their budgets for attending industry events has changed in the past several years. Here’s what the data told us.
The second of this three-part series examines the HVACR distributor’s decade-transformation of its digital commerce offering, which the company says is still in the early stages of organizational adoption.
Explore the response and recovery of a sweeping three-day port strike on the distribution industry in this Logistics Liaison series. Who was prepared?
U.S. cutting tool consumption hit $209.3 million in August 2024 amid ongoing market challenges and uncertainty for 2025.
This year is shaping up to have less than half the annual growth that was originally projected, illustrating longer-than-expected industrial softness.
The first of this three-part series examines how the HVACR distributor achieved its current top market position and scale and how it serves its customer base.
