QXO’s latest investor Q&A details how the building products distributor plans to turn Beacon, Kodiak and TopBuild into a connected platform built around procurement leverage, margin expansion, cross-selling and a multiyear technology rollout.
This third of our four-part series explores why LSS AI belongs in margin management before it belongs in the warehouse.
Activity was the lightest its been so far in 2026, both in activity and size of deals done. Get our rundown of every deal we published about during June, along with our updated monthly deal...
City Electric Supply’s new Industrial Automation Solutions launch shows how a distributor can turn customer demand, supplier alignment and internal branch support into a new service platform. With more than 700 branches across North America,...
3M’s new customer-facing AI tool gives industrial users direct access to technical product expertise — a move that signals how manufacturers are using digital tools to get closer to end customers.
Grainger’s product advantage is not just SKU count. It is the company’s ability to curate complexity through merchandising discipline, supplier management, private label, standardization and product data. That’s the focus in the second of this...
This second of our four-part series explores why the most successful AI transformations are built on trust, control and domain expertise, not technology alone.
Our latest update shows a fourth straight considerable upward revision to the broader industry’s 2026 forecast, driven again by oil & gas. Get your much more valuable sector-specific revenue forecasts here.
Grainger’s largest business is no longer just about supplying MRO products. Its High-Touch model is built around helping customers reduce procurement friction, inventory waste, labor strain and operational complexity. We explore that business unit in...
This piece analyzes recent MDM survey data to compare pricing power divergence between large and small distributors. It’s measurable, and most small companies haven’t seen it yet, says author Nelson Valderrama.
A healthy month saw Ferguson share news of six newly-added companies, while Rexel added a considerable Midwest booth with its latest bolt-on. Get our rundown of every deal we published about during May, along with...
New MDM data reveals that sub-$100M distributors face a fundamentally different margin threat than their larger peers — and the pressure is about to get worse.
