We share commentary from the newest Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey that highlights the issues viewed as most worrisome in the year ahead.
Large distributors have voiced considerable optimism amid all the economic concern. Do smaller firms feel the same way?
Downward pressure on nonresidential spending is likely to only intensify, and the situation looks even worse when adjusting for inflation.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International released its monthly TRENDS report reflecting the month of June.
The U.S. Census Bureau announced data for international trade, wholesale inventories and retail inventories advance for June 2022.
Fastenal, MSC Industrial Supply, MRC Global and more have voiced considerable optimism despite numerous economic red flags.
For the first time since summer 2020, both single-family starts and permits fell below a 1 million annual pace, NAHB says.
New data provided to MDM offers an update on distributors’ 2022-2024 revenue expectations and forecasts overall economic trajectory.
The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.1% in June compared to the prior month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
John Gunderson and Steve Gettleman cover three modern win-win strategies for negotiating SBAs.
May orders were down 14% from April 2022 but nearly equal to May 2021 orders with a modest 1% decline.
The deficit was $85.5 billion in May, down $1.1 billion from $86.7 billion in April, the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis said.
