The strategic shift comes alongside what UPS describes as the largest network reconfiguration in its 118-year history. Here’s the key details and what distributors should watch for.
Orders sunk from their December record high, but were up year-over-year despite volume maintaining a longer-term low trend.
A modest January same-day sales decline follows a larger decline in December, though HARDI said the soft past couple months isn’t out of the ordinary for seasonality.
The first of this three-part series explores how a mid-market distributor built the leadership discipline, internal foundations and cultural alignment to make innovation scalable, repeatable and durable.
The modest decrease suggests sustained early-year momentum as 12 of 17 manufacturing sectors remained in growth territory.
We take a deep dive into the industrial rubber, fluid power and automation distributor’s “coordinated autonomy” model — a strategy designed to balance shared scale advantages with true local decision-making. Here’s how Singer preserves legacy...
SRS Distribution gained roofing share in a historically weak market as Home Depot’s Pro business outperformed DIY in Q4. From HD’s earnings call, we extract executive details shared on pricing strategy, GMS integration and cross-selling...
We share our latest survey-driven snapshot of what distributors and manufacturers indicated their digital sales are, plenty of commentary from distributors on the matter and our analysis and context on underlying factors.
PMA’s latest business conditions report showed a modest monthly decline in economic outlook from metalforming manufacturers despite them reporting higher shipping levels during January and expected orders.
Our latest update shows a modest downgrade for 2025 annual revenues before we get December’s government data, and a larger downward revision for 2026. Get your product sector-specific forecasts here through 2027.
GPC announced the pending move alongside reporting 4Q25 and full-year financial results, which showed annual sales at Motion finish just shy of $9 billion.
Over the month, commercial planning fell 7.2% and institutional planning momentum slowed by 4.4%, according to the Dodge Momentum Index.
