Mike Hockett dives into the distributor’s sponsorship of a NASCAR XFINITY Series race car, focusing on the many benefits the distributor is seeing from it.
We examine the latest economic trending data as it pertains to wholesale distributors, including their revenue expectations through next year.
The proposed rule would expand federal purchasing recommendations across existing and new-purchase categories in healthcare, laboratories, professional services, foodservice, uniforms and clothing.
After re-acquiring HD Supply in 2020, The Home Depot reveals plans for the MRO distributor’s role in expanding market reach.
In the latest Baird-MDM quarterly industrial distribution survey, we asked how manufacturers could make partnerships more efficient. See our analysis and plenty of respondent commentary.
We distill results of the 2Q23 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey’s polling of respondent expectations for the impact of government programs and reshoring on theIr businesses in the next 5-10 years.
“The tone on the ground is one of leveling rather than significant declines,” said MSC CEO Erik Gershwind during a June 29 3Q earning call.
We examine the quantitative and qualitative aspectsof that question, which was asked in the new 2Q23 Baird-MDM Distribution Survey.
Full-year revenue expectations soured for a second-straight month, falling from a slight gain to decline. Mike Hockett recaps those figures and more.
Vesna Brajkovic details how Home Depot targets a market typically served by wholesale distributors with its plans to be a one-stop-shop for complex contractor projects.
Within the distributor-supplier relationship, product information sharing can be hard to come by. But here, Mike Hockett details a partnership between ARG Industrial and Midland Industries as a winning example.
Mike Hockett distills key takeaways from a new MDM whitepaper and webcast on the topic of customer experience and what distributors are doing to improve it.
