Industry sales rose 0.8% in July after June’s revised large decline, with gains across most product categories. Inventories increased even faster, but remain lean relative to sales compared with a year ago. Get our full...
Total monthly construction spending fell 0.5%, missing expectations of a flat July. Get all the key figures here for total, nonres and residential spending both month-over-month and year-over-year.
Though still well in expansion territory, the industrial economic indicator decelerated month-to-month, primarily due to a reduction in the index for new orders alongside weaker employment.
New NAW survey data show that sub-$100M distributors respond to cost pressure with a single blunt instrument, even as that pressure arrives through at least three different channels at once.
The 2Q26 NAW-Baird Industrial Distribution Survey reveals what distributors are most excited — and most concerned — about over the next 12 months, from demand recovery to geopolitical uncertainty.
Construction estimates often fail because labor, pricing, freight and lead-time assumptions become outdated before purchasing begins. This article explains how distributors can provide the real-time market intelligence, transparent quotes and delivery planning customers need to...
Five years goes fast — and chasing revenue won’t maximize your exit. This piece lays out a profit-first playbook to boost valuation, eliminate margin leaks and build the predictable performance buyers demand in today’s distribution...
After five straight considerable upward revisions to the industry’s 2026 revenue outlook, our latest Forecast was comparatively quiet at the top line. Oil & Gas gave back some of its recent surge, but broad upgrades...
June’s monthly orders sharply rebounded from a May dip, leading to the best half-year total since data has been tracked since 1998.
This this Q&A piece, Ducker Carlisle’s Amy Marzonie and Chris Fisher explain how consolidators are using inventory turns, delivery performance and cost-to-serve to assess distributor scalability — and why operational discipline alone won’t maximize growth...
June wholesale sales gave back most of May’s gain, but remained 14.1% above a year earlier as inventories edged higher. The monthly pullback was concentrated in oil and gas, while sales across the rest of...
NAW Research suggests manufacturers want distributors to communicate more and plan more strategically. Distributors, meanwhile, are asking for many of the same things from suppliers. Explore commentary from both sides in the latest 2Q26 NAW-Baird...
