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Orders through the first months of the year were up nearly 5% over 2023.
The U.S. wholesale distribution’s sector’s overall revenue outlook for 2024 moved more aligned with its historical growth average, with an even better 2025 to follow.
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The industrial economy barometer has been in contraction territory for 18 of the past 19 months through May.
It flipped from a strong 4.9% monthly gain in February.
All but two of the 19 wholesale distribution sectors we track moved more pessimistic month-to-month in our May forecast for 2024 revenue growth, which moved into lower single digits.
March orders typically see a large bump, as many sector manufacturers end their fiscal year at the end of the month.
Mike Hockett analyzes Sonepar’s 26-year North American expansion that has led to over $15 billion in 2023 sales, with most of that in the U.S.
Distributors are dealing with more potential business risks today than ever before. We polled hundreds of them to determine what the biggest risks are, and dissected plenty of interesting commentary.
Vallen’s $350 million acquisition of Wesco Integrated Supply is just the latest win for the MRO distributor. CEO Chuck Delph stops by to discuss all the company’s recent activity and onward momentum.
It was a reversion from a March that had seen the first expansion-territory PMI since September 2022.
