What distributors need to know about buying and selling as they navigate the post-pandemic consolidation boom.
Strategy
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Crafting New Talent Pipelines for Gen Z
Distributors are rethinking how they recruit, develop and retain employees and the ways they frame their companies in the process.
Strategy
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How to Dominate the Future of Distribution
NAW fellow Mark Dancer shares how distribution companies can adapt to a post-COVID-19 world.
Strategy
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Commentary: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Challenge your thinking and embrace new ideas to rethink your company’s path forward.
Strategy
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The Recruiting Game Has Changed
Here’s what distributors need to know about the post-pandemic talent acquisition market.
Technology
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Use MDM Analytics to Grow Your Business
Harnessing the power of data can transform a distributor. This article introduces distributors to the benefits of analytics, including how data-informed decisions can help a company analyze market potential, profile customers and better target prospects...
Operations
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Walmart Gears Up Automation Capabilities
The retail giant fires a shot across the bow of other large distributors by scaling up local fulfillment centers using automation.
Strategy
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Commentary: Future of Distribution Event Will Lay Out the Dynamics of the Industry’s Next Stage
MDM’s first-ever Future of Distribution Summit will take place online on Tuesday, April 13.
Strategy
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2021 Distribution M&A Landscape
What distributors need to know about buying and selling as they navigate the post-pandemic consolidation boom.
Operations
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Sustainability is More Than a Buzzword for Curbell Plastics
The company is on a long-term environmental sustainability journey, supported and reinforced by executive leadership.
Technology
Article
Use Analytics to Grow Your Business
Harnessing the power of data can transform a distributor. This article introduces distributors to the benefits of analytics, including how data-informed decisions can help a company analyze market potential, profile customers and better target prospects...
Research
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery is On
These are the latest indicators on revenue and pricing based on fourth-quarter 2020 results and distributor and manufacturer expectations for first-quarter and full-year 2021. Distributors are optimistic about future business performance.

