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Home » Modern Distribution Management » Volume 38, Issue 1 - 01/10/2008

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Volume 38 - Number 1 | January 10, 2008

Develop Branch CEOs

By   Lindsay  Young 
Wholesaler-distributors need to shift how they view the role of their branch managers by giving them the power to dig deeper into their markets.

Fein: Housing Market Now a Leading Economic Indicator

Participants in a recent MDM Webcast were advised to watch key indicators - especially related to housing - as the year moves forward.

Legal Trends in the Workplace

By   Richard  Meneghello 
The state of the economy, new legislation, the politics of an election year and unexpected court decisions all play a role in how workplaces will be shaped in 2008.

Monthly Wholesale Trade Sales & Inventories: October 2007

Sales were up 0.7% from September and 11.5% from October 2006.

MDM News Digest 3801

Berkshire Hathaway to Buy 60% of Marmon ... Cooper Industries Buys 3 Companies... Airgas Makes Acquisitions ... WinWholesale Expands in CT ... MSC Industrial Sales Up 8.8% ... ITW Buys Peerless ... Bosch Buys Laser-Leveling Business ... Samuel, Son & Co.

U.S. Market Analysis: O-Rings

O-Rings represented a market in 2007 of $611.9 million, according to estimates by Industrial Market Information, Minneapolis, MN.

Report: Sources of Productivity Growth Differ in U.S., Canada

But manufacturing productivity grows at nearly same average pace between 1961 and 2003.

Commentary: Make Great Employees Your Strategy

By   Thomas P.  Gale 
Employees who take ownership of making customers happy and initiative in making your company more profitable? Priceless and perhaps increasingly extinct.

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Industry Data: Monthly Wholesale Trade

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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