This year of tariffs has made it nearly impossible for distributors to rely on traditional planning cycles or manual cost tracking. This piece illustrates what a proactive distributor looks instead of one that just watches...
The fifth and final section of this series focuses on implementation excellence — covering how to present prescriptive output for maximum adoption; align messaging across all channels; and create a culture of analytics-driven decision-making. It...
Alongside MDM and NAW’s own research into how tariffs are impacting distributors, a pair of new reports share fresh statistics on wholesale trade’s outsized brunt of the economic burden from them.
A White House official clarified that the 55% figure does not represent an increase from the prior 30%, but instead includes a combination of existing import taxes.
Proton’s 2025 Tariff Impact Report shows many distributors are unprepared for tariff shifts, while others leverage AI and flexible systems to gain an edge.
Industrial distributors continue to evaluate their exposure to China. From “dual faucet” strategy to why some categories may be impossible to move, see what publicly traded distributors had to say in the latest round of...
A federal trade court blocked most of Trump’s tariffs late on May 28, only to be temporarily reinstated the next day.
The second half of this series explores what the rollout of a distributor’s tariff command center looks like and how to evaluate your readiness to handle whatever the tariff environment can throw at you.
With global disruption is accelerating, distributors should act now to protect margins, pricing and customer trust before the next supply chain shock hits. Here’s a look at how to respond to global trade policy.
With today’s tariffs news arriving like surprise album drops, ordinary financial leadership won’t do for distributors. The first of this two-part series examines how to create a “tariff command center” that uses advanced pricing strategies...
The U.S. and China agreed Monday to a 90-day truce that features a drastic reduction of their respective 145% and 125% tariffs on each other’s goods.
The results also show that distributors warn new tax increases could add to mounting financial pressures across the industry.
