The first of this three-part Premium series examines the plumbing, HVAC and industrial supplier’s scaled diversification that has put it at or near the top of many of MDM’s Top Distributors Lists.
The latest AMT report shows a decrease from May and a 4.2% decrease compared to the same period a year earlier.
Month-to-month, all but two of the U.S. wholesale trade’s 19 sectors saw further regression in our August forecast.
Through a new report and an interview with someone close to QXO, MDM gleaned insights about which building materials verticals the splash-making distributor is targeting.
More than half of respondents in the 2Q24 Baird-MDM Distribution Survey indicated they characterized 2Q24 as slightly or much more competitive than a year earlier.
Wesco’s “all things digital” leader Akash Khurana joins us to discuss what digital transformation has meant for the electrical distributor, which ramped up its initiatives on that front upon its landmark 2020 acquisition of Anixter.
While anecdotal evidence points to industry improvement in hiring and retention, we polled hundreds of distributors about their turnover rate over the past year across leadership/management and frontline roles.
It’s the latest economic indicator that demand remains subdued in the U.S. manufacturing sector.
CEO D.G. Macpherson noted a “slow, but generally stable” demand backdrop.
The third and final part of this MDM Premium series provides a deep dive Wesco’s digitization strategy and how it’s constantly improving how the organization serves customers.
Here’s the condensed, free version of the third and final part of an MDM Premium series that dives into Wesco’s digitization strategy and how it’s constantly improving how the organization serves customers.
McKinsey Senior Partner Kevin Sachs joins us to preview the keynote presentation at MDM’s SHIFT Conference and the industry’s biggest driving factors in the year ahead.
