Front-loaded inventories have buffered industrial buyers from sticker shock at distributors’ branch and digital shelves …for now. We examine if inflation finally showed up in July, and what large distributors are saying about pricing and...
The August MDM Forecast shows a modest downgrade in 2025 and 2026 revenue projections, with overall growth still near historical norms. As always, results vary across the 19 industry sectors tracked by the U.S. Census...
Part 2 of our deep dive on ADI Global Distribution centers on digital as the company’s growth engine as it prepares to become an independent public company in 2026.
NAW’s Brian Wild explains why the group is challenging Oregon’s recycling mandate and what distributors need to know about emerging EPR laws nationwide. Read the full Q&A here.
Distributor M&A activity held steady July for a solid but still below average month, highlighted by transactions in the Building Materials, Gases & Welding and Motion Control sectors. Get a full recap of July’s distributor...
Digital transformation doesn’t happen by accident. In the second of this two-part series, we lay out a practical roadmap for building internal buy-in, piloting new technologies and scaling innovation across the organization — without losing...
Our research conducted in early July found that half of distributors have gaps in their succession plans or broad-stroke strategy. Dive deeper into what we found and learned from the 2Q25 Baird-MDM Survey results.
The industry is facing a perfect storm of eCommerce disruption, global volatility and rising customer expectations. In the first of this two-part series, we explore the root causes threatening legacy models, the risk of standing...
We detail the three-year running results of our survey research into the industry’s AI adoption, including a breakdown of AI activity by company size.
The latest MDM Forecast reflects a slight downward revision in 2025 revenue expectations, though still aligned with historical averages. As always, results vary across the 19 industry sectors tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau. Get...
Distributor M&A activity gained momentum in June, marked by several transactions across the Building Materials, Electrical and Gases & Welding sectors. Get a full recap of June’s distributor M&A activity, including a year-to-date breakdown by...
Are salespeople difficult to please, or are you just not giving them what they need? Here’s how to find the “hook” for salespeople in every tech implementation, as Ben Albu shared at MDM’s 2025 SHIFT...
