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2011 Wholesale Distribution Economic Reports: Chemicals & Plastics Wholesale Distributors

Price: $195.00

Report Summary

From Modern Distribution Management
Length: 26p
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This all-new report contains detailed economic statistics on the Chemical & Plastics Distribution sector. This report is ideal for executives who manage, sell to, or invest in a wholesale distribution company in this sector.

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Segments included in this report:

  • Chemicals and Allied Products
  • Industrial Gases
  • Plastics Materials and Basic Shapes

This report includes:

  • Revenue and employment growth trends
  • Share of revenue by end customer market 
  • The number and size distribution of companies
  • Gross margins and other operation statistics
  • Inventory and inventory-to-sales ratio trends
  • Wages and revenues per employee
  • Expert commentary to help you interpret the sector data in light of current macroeconomic trends
  • Key trends in the wholesale distribution industry
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1. Industrial Distributors

2. Hardware, Plumbing, HVAC Distributors

3. Electrical/ Electronics Distributors

4. Grocery & Foodservice Distributors

5. Building Material & Construction Distributors



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This report allows you to:

  • Plan strategically for the year ahead with accurate current and forward-looking data on your wholesale distribution line of trade.
  • Benchmark your performance. Learn how much sales and sales per employee have changed in your line of trade; how much weekly earnings have changed; which distribution niches are producing the highest (and lowest) gross margins; and how many companies are competing in each of these niches. You'll see how sales, employment, and inventories have fared in your line, quarter-by-quarter.
  • Gain an advantage over your competitors by better understanding where higher-margin opportunities exist in your line of wholesale distribution.

Testimonials

"The Wholesale Distribution Economic Reports provide very valuable information for application to our strategic planning process. While much of this information is available in the public domain, finding the information and then relating it in a meaningful format would be an impractical task. This is a great resource!"
- Chase D. Knight, Chairman, S&K Distributors Inc., dba Johnstone Supply

"These reports are the best source of information I've seen to get a quick snapshot of where a particular wholesaler-distributor stands relative to peers and to other wholesaler-distributors in other sub-sectors."
- Jim Miller, Managing Director, Supply Chain Equity Partners

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Revenues for Chemicals and Plastics Wholesale Distributors were $102.3 billion in 2010, an increase of 13.3% compared to 2009. This report forecasts that revenue will grow by x.x% in 2011 as industrial and construction activity recovers and underlying commodity prices stabilize. This sector represented x.x% of total wholesale distribution industry revenues in 2010.

Chemicals and Plastics Wholesale Distributors experienced double-digit growth judging by top-line revenue. However, the revenue growth was only x.x% once the data were adjusted for price changes. In other words, total unit shipments for wholesale distributors in this sector were less positive once inflationary trends were stripped out.
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