Our latest update shows another healthy upgrade for the U.S. wholesale distribution industry’s 2026 annual revenues – skewed by oil & gas price assumptions as well as other inflationary impacts. Get your much more valuable...
While inflation is a major tailwind, a sustained increase in average order value above inflation continues to point to increased demand.
Grainger delivered its strongest quarter in three years with accelerating sales growth, expanding margins and broad-based customer demand. This deep dive breaks down the distributor’s key 1Q26 metrics, pricing and tariff actions, earnings call commentary,...
In an analysis of the latest Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution survey, distributors signaled concern that geopolitical conflict, such as the Iran War, could trigger cascading effects across pricing, operating costs and customer demand.
ISM shared that 19% of the manufacturing sector’s GDP contracted in April, compared to 16% in March.
The 1Q26 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution survey shows pricing power holding steady, but commentary reflects a more divided market shaped by competition, costs and customer behavior. We analyze the data here.
Government spending and private investment increased sequentially, and AI-related spending helped drive strong growth in business investment in equipment and structures.
This comprehensive MDM 2Q26 Forecast Report is a guide to the U.S. wholesale distribution economy, providing a historical, current and future snapshot of numerous key economic indicators in one convenient place along with our exclusive...
The MROP supplies distributor has built a service-first sales culture that rejects transactional selling in favor of long-term customer value. The third part of our Stellar deep dive explores how that philosophy shapes its sales...
MDM’s 1Q26 MarketPulse Report consists of the quarterly results, analysis and commentary from the latest Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey — conducted early April — that explored revenue performance, pricing and business expectations for the current...
Ludwig Meister Co-CEO Max Meister joins the Podcast to explain why innovation fails without execution — and why AI won’t fix bad data. We also preview his SHIFT main stage session on benchmarking digital, data,...
PMA’s latest business conditions report showed relatively flat movement for near-term outlook, with a modest decrease in monthly shipping levels offset by higher expected near-term orders.
