HARDI Names Four New Directors
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International added to its board at this week’s 2020 Virtual HARDI Summit.
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December 2020
Ingram Micro Sold to PE Firm for $7.2 Billion
In mammoth deal, Platinum Equity adds $47 billion-a-year technology distributor Ingram Micro to its portfolio.
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Pandemic Revenue Index Soars 12.1%
Indian River Consulting Group’s (IRCG) weekly Pandemic Revenue Index for the work week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 “produced the largest non-holiday increase the index has experienced.”
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Fluor Sales Down 17.8% in 3Q
Year-to-date sales for the engineering and construction firm were down 6.9% year-over-year.
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Ingersoll Rand to Acquire Tuthill Vacuum and Blower Systems
Ingersoll Rand’s latest addition — a division of Tuthill Corp. — will become a part of the Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technologies and Services (IT&S) segment.
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Rexnord Agrees to Acquire Hadrian
The addition will enable Rexnord’s Zurn business, its water management platform, to offer building owners a complete washroom solution.
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ABB Appoints Chief Human Resources Officer
ABB has appointed Carolina Granat to succeed Sylvia Hill as chief human resources officer and member of the executive committee, effective January 1, 2021.
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Eaton Appoints CFO
Power management giant names Thomas B. Okray as EVP and CFO to replace the retiring Richard H. Fearon.
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Commentary: Content May Be King — But There is a Catch
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Content May Be King — But There is a Catch
Many distributors are under the assumption that if they load a bunch of content onto their website and/or into one-off marketing emails, they’ve done their job. But such a Create It and They Will Come strategy can be a waste of time and resources.
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6 Website Mistakes That Are Sinking Your Sales (And How to Fix Them)
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An Industry Deep Dive with Optimas Solutions CEO Marc Strandquist
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Download this Issue as a PDF: December 10 2020
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Houston Wire & Cable to Sell Southern Wire Division
After selling wholesale distributor of wire rope and rigging products for $20 million, HWCC expects to use the net sales proceeds to reduce debt.
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Wholesale Trade Sales Up 0.9% in October
Wholesale trade shows slight improvement from 2019 and from the previous month of September, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Three PT/Bearings Suppliers Form New Company
P.T. International, IPTCI Bearings and LMS Bearings unite under the master brand known as Solve Industrial Motion Group.
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Siteone Landscape Supply Acquires Dallas Distributor
SiteOne bolsters its portfolio with the addition of Alpine Materials, a Dallas-based distributor of mulches, soils and hardscape materials to landscape professionals.
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Ferguson’s 2021 Forecast Bolstered by M&A, Residential Strength
After low-single-digit growth in 1Q, plumbing and HVAC distributor Ferguson PLC projects for the coming year accelerating M&A activity plus upbeat residential construction and renovation to offset softness in the commercial market.
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Amazon Announces Plans for Two More Fulfillment Centers
Amazon’s new fulfillment centers in Oklahoma and Texas will create hundreds of new full-time jobs and give the company faster delivery times in the regions.
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AD Appoints VP of Bearings and Power Transmission Division
Darin Davenport, who most recently served as president and CEO of P.T. International, takes over key AD division.
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