Packaging last month’s Premium content into one convenient PDF, our May 2026 issue includes our feature articles from the month, along with our regular news roundup and Market Profile snapshot
Those articles cover the following:
- Parts 2 and 3 of Tom Gale’s data analytics deep dive
- An inspection of the growing margin pressure leverage between large and small distributors
- Takeaways from an exclusive interview with Graybar CEO Kathy Mazzarella, who is also NAW’s Chairwoman
- An analysis of Grainger’s 1Q financial performance — its best in 3 years
- Our monthly MDM Forecast that provides an updated annual revenue outlook for 20 different product sectors
- Updates on DNOW’s MRC Global integration and ERP headaches
- What adding TopBuild will do for QXO
- May’s M&A Roundup, which was a healthy month of deals, led by Ferguson announcing a half dozen
- and more!
Besides those articles, our May issue includes:
- Our Industry Digest of the news we covered throughout the month on distributors, manufacturers, associations, service providers and more
- An MDM Analytics Market Profile on Safety – PPE and Test Equipment/Respirators — providing a snapshot of U.S. demand by geography and within its top end markets and account concentration
