While anecdotal evidence points to industry improvement in hiring and retention, we polled hundreds of distributors about their turnover rate over the past year across leadership/management and frontline roles.
Operations
Article
Inside City Electric Supply’s Multipurpose CES Connect Event
MDM attended the distributor’s biennial event in late June to learn all about its recent innovations, strategy and path ahead.
Strategy
Article
Wesco Analysis, Pt. 3: Digitize the Business
The third and final part of this MDM Premium series provides a deep dive Wesco’s digitization strategy and how it’s constantly improving how the organization serves customers.
Strategy
Article
Wesco Analysis, Pt. 2: Enterprise Strategies
The second of this three-part MDM Premium series examines Wesco’s strategy to digitalize and transform its business while developing its team and culture of excellence.
Technology
Article
MDM Research: Industry’s AI Participation Jumps from a Year Earlier
We benchmarked the results of a large-scale poll on distributors’ AI usage against that of a year earlier, and the findings were eye-opening. This piece examines the comparative results.
Economic Trends
Article
MDM Forecast: Modest July Downshift for Most Sectors
Despite the month-to-month regression for 2024 and 2025, full-year revenues are still expected to outperform the U.S. GDP by a healthy margin.
Strategy
Article
Wesco Analysis, Pt. 1: Scale and Value Proposition
The first in this three-part Premium series examines the state of electrical supplies distributor Wesco International, how it got to this point and the strategic pillars powering the organization.
Market Analysis
Article
Amazon Business, Home Depot Raise the Disruptor Ante
New tech features and a landmark acquisition illustrate the many elephants in the distribution room today.
Top Distributor Sectors
Article
Diversification, Fragmentation Drive MDM’s Top Distributors Forward
Accelerated diversification amongst product verticals has complicated our Top Distributors process in recent years, while also making it increasingly fascinating, as this piece explains.
Unexpected results from the distributor’s pilot phase of a web pricing realignment rollout may serve as a cautionary tale for others to avoid emulating.
Economic Trends
Article
MDM Forecast: Most Sectors See ‘24-25 Rebound
The U.S. wholesale distribution’s sector’s overall revenue outlook for 2024 moved more aligned with its historical growth average, with an even better 2025 to follow.
Data & Analytics
Article
How to Build Profit with Analytics (and Enhance Your ERP)
In pursuing better cash flow, the challenge is identifying the sales that are canceling profits already made, and that’s where analytics comes in.

