Foundation Building Materials Sales Up 48% in 2017
Sales for the fourth quarter were up 11.8 percent year-over-year.
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February 2018
General Cable Sales Down 0.5% in 2017
Fourth-quarter sales increased 8 percent.
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U.S. GDP Up 2.3% in 2017
BEA estimates GDP rose 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter.
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Webco Sales Up 21.1% in Fiscal 2Q
Year-to-date sales up 25.2 percent compared to the prior year.
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Canadian Industrial Product Price Index Up in January
Raw materials price index increased 3.3 percent during the month.
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February 2018 M&A Roundup: Master Distributor Deal Highlights Slow Month
AIV's acquisition of Zenith Supply one of only a handful of M&A transactions in February.
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Builders FirstSource Sales Up 10.5% in 2017
Fourth-quarter sales up 15 percent year-over-year.
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TriMas Sales Increase 3% in 2017
Fourth-quarter sales rise 5.2 percent to $195.2 million.
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Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increases in February
The index is at its highest level since 2000.
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SUPERVALU Names CFO & EVP
Rob Woseth was most recently EVP, chief strategy officer and interim CFO.
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Be an SOB 1% of the Time
If you don't manage your career, no one will.
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Kaman Distribution Sales Down Slightly in 2017
Fourth-quarter sales up 9.4 percent year-over-year.
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Border States Electric Announces Branch Openings
The company will open two branches in Washington and Idaho.
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Kimball Midwest Announces Executive Promotions
Chas McCurdy has been promoted to chief sales officer.
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index Down in January
The index's three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, decreased during the month.
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Bunzl Sales Up 16% in 2017
Group revenue increased 10 percent at constant exchange rates.
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Anixter Appoints President & CEO
William Galvin succeeds Robert Eck who will retire in June, 2018.
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The Power of Planning Your Unknown Future
Chaotic times call for creative thinking.
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MDM News Digest 4804
News briefs from February 11 - February 25, 2018
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When Good Distributors Do Bad Branding
This three-part series examines why distributors struggle with branding. In this, the first article in the series, MDM President & COO Ian Heller contrasts the difference between what branding agencies promise and what they actually deliver. He outlines why such agencies have objectives that conflict with yours, and why you should consider pure B2B advertising agencies that do more than just branding.
This article includes:
- Convincing distributors to rebrand
- The myth of branding
- The reality of branding
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