The sky is not falling with the purchase of Hughes Supply by The Home Depot, as the lead article in this issue illustrates with perspective by competitors and a look at the numbers. The landscape does shift significantly in terms of Hughes's strategic options against primary competitors, particularly European powerhouse Wolseley and its North American portfolio of Ferguson and Stock Building Supply.
The shoe is still dangling on how aggressively HD plans to pursue more traditional industrial MRO channels, either to compete with Grainger and other large core players in this market, or perhaps acquire one of the larger players in order to build a platform.
While rebounding nicely in the short term, North American industrial markets still pose some long-term ...
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The sky is not falling with the purchase of Hughes Supply by The Home Depot, as the lead article in this issue illustrates with perspective by competitors and a look at the numbers. The landscape does shift significantly in terms of Hughes's strategic options against primary competitors, particularly European powerhouse Wolseley and its North American portfolio of Ferguson and Stock Building Supply.
The shoe is still dangling on how aggressively HD plans to pursue more traditional industrial MRO channels, either to compete with Grainger and other large core players in this market, or perhaps acquire one of the larger players in order to build a platform.
While rebounding nicely in the short term, North American industrial markets still pose some long-term ...
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