The report indicates continued economic uncertainty as demand weakens and contraction persists across many manufacturing sectors.
A solid but unspectacular volume month featured the news of two top electrical distributors combining.
However, orders rose 1.7% year-over-year.
Amid rampant profit erosion industry-wide, this article explores specific actions distributors are now using to restore their past profit rates.
Month-to-month, the revenue outlook for 2024 improved modestly, while 2025’s had a healthy increase. See those figures plus an updated GDP forecast here.
The last of this three-part Premium series examines how the plumbing, HVAC and industrial distributor has leveraged Ferguson.com, Build.com and Ferguson Rewards
This case study details the MRO products distributor’s pandemic-born initiative to complement its third-party software solutions with in-house technology, and the ROI gained from the hybrid approach.
Despite an August uptick that ended four straight months of decline, the latest reading indicated U.S. manufacturing continues to see weak demand.
The second of this three-part Premium series examines the plumbing, HVAC and industrial supplier’s exclusive brands that have been a key market accelerator.
The second of this three-part Premium series examines the plumbing, HVAC and industrial supplier’s exclusive brands that have been a key market accelerator.
The U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman gave his strongest indication yet that the central bank is poised to begin cutting its benchmark interest rate in September.
With demand softness lasting longer than any industrial distributor would prefer, we examine recent executive commentary and numerous economic indicators to make sense of business conditions.
