This brief article outlines two key trends in fasteners distribution. View the top distributors in this sector.
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View the latest Safety news Headquarters: Longview, WA2011 Revenues: $62 millionChange in Sales from 2010: 82.35%Employees: 200Key Executives: President Tim Loy Mallory is a distributor of general safety and fire and cleanroom safety products. • Return to Full List of Safety Distributors.• Return to the 2012 MDM Market Leaders home.• Read the 2012 MDM Wholesale Distribution Trends Report
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Vending is now making a significant contribution to many national distributors’ top lines. The trend is most prominent in the industrial MRO sector.
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Customers are demanding more inventory management services, including vendor managed inventory and consignment. Distributors are also focusing more on how they can improve how they manage inventory, paying close attention to getting the most out of their purchasing and technology.
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Recent advancements, generational demands and the need to compete on a different level have all contributed to a technological shift toward e-commerce, mobile and social networks. While the technologies themselves aren't new, the fact that more distributors are taking action to leverage the capabilities of those technologies is.
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The article looks at the other distribution trends covered in the 2012 Distribution Trends Report. These include more services, non-traditional services, price pressure & global growth.
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In interviews and surveys, distributors told MDM which end-markets were strong and which were weak halfway through 2012.
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This article examines the key trends in industrial wholesale distribution. View the top distributors in this sector.
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This article outlines key trends in power transmission/bearing distribution. View the top distributors in this sector.
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View the latest Safety news Headquarters: St. Louis, MOKey Executives: VP Mike Milne Wise is a national distributor of safety, health, abatement, environmental, instruments, fire, police, and domestic emergency preparedness products and services. • Return to Full List of Safety Distributors.• Return to the 2012 MDM Market Leaders home.• Read the 2012 MDM Wholesale Distribution Trends Report –
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This article outlines trends in electrical distribution in 2012. View the top distributors in this sector.
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This article outlines key trends in HVACR distribution. View the top distributors in this sector.
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This article outlines the key trends in industrial PVF distribution. View the top distributors in this sector.
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This article presents trends in the building materials/construction distribution sector. View the top distributors in this sector.
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This article presents key trends in hose and accessories distribution. View the top distributors in this sector.
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This article outlines the key trends in electronics distribution. View the top distributors in this sector.
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This article outlines key trends in safety products distribution. View the top distributors in this sector.
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This report provides an in-depth look at the key trends, opportunities and challenges facing wholesaler-distributors across distribution sectors. This report also includes sector trends for nine distribution sectors, as well as the top distributors in 14 sectors (MDM Market Leaders).
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Each year we say the big get bigger. And while that remains the case, we saw the big get much bigger thanks to a wave of mergers and acquisitions in 2011. That’s reflected on the 2012 MDM Market Leaders top distributor lists – which are at mdm.com/marketleaders.
The average growth for distributors on this year’s Top 40 Industrial Distributors list was 19.4 percent, a significant jump from the 10.4 percent we saw on last year’s list, in part due to acquisitions made throughout the year. Consolidation further ramped up in the first half of 2012.
Dozens of deals have been announced in distribution thanks to a perfect storm of contributing factors that include a large number of owners who are ready to retire, significantly improved deal valuations and ...
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