Industrial Supply Company now has eight locations in four states: Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and Arizona.
Operations
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BlackHawk Hires New IT Director
Tom Cross returns to BlackHawk, where he was a ‘key player in our ERP system implementation,’ the company announced.
Economic Trends
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Reports: Amazon May Lay Off 10,000 Workers
The Wall Street Journal reports the layoffs would affect about 3% of corporate staff, not hundreds of thousands of Amazon warehouse workers.
Earnings
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Lowe’s 3Q Sales Rise Slightly to $23.5B
The company reported that year-over-year 3Q sales increased, but earnings dipped slightly from 2022’s second quarter.
Earnings
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Home Depot 3Q Sales Rise 5.6% to $38.9B
The company also reaffirmed its fiscal 2022 guidance, including comparable sales growth of approximately 3%.
Operations
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ISSA, Staples Form Distribution Partnership Program
The partnership will allow ISSA to utilize Staples’ training facilities to host training and certification classes.
Economic Trends
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Manufacturing Tech Orders See Nearly 13% Monthly Increase in September
New orders of manufacturing technology totaled $519.3 million in September 2022, a 13% increase from August, according to a new AMT report.
Economic Trends
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Inflation Eases in October but Remains High
Last month, the Consumer Price Index was up 7.7% from October 2021, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Building Materials/Construction
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Builders FirstSource Slashes 2,600 Jobs Amid Market Downturn
The distributor has also enacted a handful of other cost-cutting actions as homebuilding has soured throughout 2022.
Earnings
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RBC Bearings’ Strong Sales Growth Continues in Fiscal 2Q
The company reported fiscal 2023 second-quarter net sales of $369.2 million, and increase of 129.4% over last year.
Earnings
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DXP Reports Strong Year-Over-Year 3Q Earnings
The distributor’s 33.8% year-over-year sales increase in 3Q follows a 28.7% annual increase reported in this year’s 2Q.
Earnings
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Wajax’s ‘Excellent’ 3Q Includes 17.3% Rise in Revenue
The Canadian industrial distributor says it continued to see overall strength in its backlog, which increased to more than $558 million.

