‘We are currently unable to process orders online,’ a banner reads on the hardware retailer’s website.
Following 2 consecutive monthly decreases, new orders increased $13.2 billion (or 4.7%) to $297.2 billion, the Census Bureau said.
GM followed suit days after the autoworkers union reached a deal with Ford and Stellantis.
The company reported double-digit organic sales growth in commercial aviation, defense and space and process solutions.
The deal further boosts their geosynthetics offerings, two months after the opening of a new Southern California facility.
Year-over-year sales declines continued at the toolmaker, but gross margin and operating margins improved substantially.
While the tentative deal ends Ford-related strikes, thousands of UAW members remain on strike at at General Motors and Stellantis.
Net sales for the first quarter of the company’s fiscal year were $1.1 billion, an increase of 3.1% over the prior year.
While total sales growth continued to slow from earlier in the year, it still far outperformed the MRO market.
Four manufacturing companies will merge to create a single-source provider of full-service manufacturing and fabrication solutions.
DSG’s new facility in Butte, Montana, will serve as a central distribution point for the distributor’s other locations in the state.
Earlier this week, the 40-day strike expanded to a General Motors plant in Texas, where 5,000 workers walked out.
