MDM News Digest 4802
News briefs from January 11 - January 25, 2018
News briefs from January 11 - January 25, 2018
MDM held its 2018 Distribution Industry Outlook webcast in January, including the latest economic outlook, financial and trend indicators, and MDM’s thesis that 2018 is an inflection point of several multi-year trends.Subscribers should log in below to read this article.
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In this two-page report, available to download in PDF after log-in, we feature data on merger and acquisition trends and financial metrics for the largest publicly traded distributors across diverse sectors in the fourth quarter and year-end of 2017.
In partnership with Houlihan Lokey, an investment banking firm, the report includes data on M&A activity trends across all industries (not just distribution), as well as valuation multiples for deals in all industries.
Robert W. Baird & Co., in partnership with Modern Distribution Management, conducted a survey of more than 500 distributors and manufacturers to gauge business trends and the outlook for the distribution industry in diverse sectors. Here is a summary of fourth-quarter 2017 results and distributor and manufacturer expectations for 2018.
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These product groups provide a snapshot of inflation trends based on the Producer Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fourth quarter 2017 pricing levels are compared with third quarter 2017 and fourth quarter 2016. Year-end 2017 levels are compared to year-end 2016 levels.
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Industrial
Construction
Electrical
Other Related Electrical
Power Transmission/Bearing
Fluid Power
Plastics
Fasteners
Hardware
Tools
Gases/Welding
Paper
HVACR/Plumbing
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Modern Distribution Management's monthly Industrial Inflation Index measures a cross-section of industrial supplies.
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Sales and inventories data for wholesaler-distributors in November 2017
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Examining which features are important is the first step to staying competitive.
Mike Morton is was most recently president TTI global sales and marketing.
For the first six months, sales grew 9.3 percent year-over-year.
Year-to-date sales were up 9.4 percent year-over-year.
Industrial sales up 6.9 percent in the fourth quarter.
Fourth quarter sales up 11.7 percent year-over-year.
The Coincident Economic Index for the U.S. increased 0.3 percent in December.
Schmaling was most recently president, North America for Komatsu Mining Corporation.