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Top Distributor Sectors
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Here’s Which Distributors Made Fortune’s 2025 “Most Admired” List
More than a handful of companies on MDM’s Top Distributors Lists garnered the reputation-based honor from Fortune.
Strategy
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Four Critical Barriers to Business Model Innovation in Distribution: How to Overcome Them
Achieving real needle-moving innovation in wholesale distribution often involves numerous obstacles. Here are four of the most common and how to overcome them.
Strategy
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How MSC’s Digital Programs are Evolving
Over 60% of MSC Industrial Supply’s sales are eCommerce-based, making it one of the leading web-driven distributors in North America. The final piece of this three-part series explores the progression of that digital business to...
Economic Trends
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2024 Final Tally: U.S. Wholesale Trade Hit New Revenue Record, but Share of GDP Slipped
How did 2024 stack up against other recent years? We dive into the numbers to analyze how it graded by historical context alongside GDP performance.
Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey
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Research: Distributors Likely to Shift Sourcing Domestically Within 3 Years
Of the 4Q24 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey respondents who indicated they were likely to shift their sourcing, many cited tariffs as a key factor.
Economic Trends
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MDM Forecast: February 2025 Update
Our overall 2025 industry revenue forecast narrowed from January, dragged down by a downshift for oil & gas. Nevertheless, strong growth appears in store for most verticals. See your sector-specific outlook here.
Mergers & Acquisitions
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QXO Says Beacon is Misrepresenting its Valuation to Shareholders
Get the latest on the standoff here, and insight onto where it might be headed.
Market Analysis
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Data: Tracking 2 Decades of U.S. Grid Infrastructure Spend
Capital investments in electric infrastructure, including upgrades and renewable energy integration, fueled a double-digit rise in utilities’ electricity spending from 2003 to 2023. We break down the figures here.
Market Analysis
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U.S. Chip Investment Unlocks Market Potential in Distribution
Backed by U.S. investment in semiconductor fabrication, billions are being injected into large-scale construction projects. Could building materials and MRO distributors benefit? Our Logistics Liaison explores.
Part 2 of this series covers how the metalworking and MRO supplies distributor’s Mission Critical initiative is bearing fruit by transforming the company into a more digitally capable and agile organization.

