Würth Industry North America Acquires ORR Safety
Würth and subsidiary Northern Safety & Industrial to add a $125 million safety distributor to their portfolio.
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2021
Residential Building Permits Up 17% in February
But housing starts down compared to year-ago period and the previous month, according to the latest residential construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Winsupply Opens Winsupply of East Tennessee
The distributor, which serves HVAC and plumbing contractors throughout East Tennessee, is led by Logan Hale, president of the new location.
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Manufacturing and Trade Shipments Up in January
The U.S. Census Bureau reported that the combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments and inventories for January increased 7.1% from the same month last year.
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Fourth-Quarter 2020 Earnings Recap
How did the public distributors (and manufacturers relevant to this space) perform in the calendar fourth quarter? Our recap provides highlights of their revenue and earnings results.
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Brady & Individual Foodservice Acquire Elkins Wholesale
Distributors expand to Mississippi with addition of two branches, in Laurel and Pearl.
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Industrial Production Dips 2.2% in February
According to the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Report, manufacturing output decreased 3.1% during the month.
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Watsco to Acquire Chicago-Based HVAC Distributor
Watsco will expand into the Midwest with the addition of a $291 million HVAC distributor.
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Ferguson Sales Up 4.2% in First Half
Ferguson invested $224 million in acquisitions during the first half of fiscal 2021.
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Customer Service Automation Helps Distributors Manage Pandemic Surge
Distributors ADI Global and D&H Distributing saw jumps in customer service requests, including significantly longer call times, over the last year. Here’s how they handled the spike.
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Houston Wire & Cable Completes Sale of Southwest Wire Rope
Distributor announced the sale of its business division in January.
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An Argument for Why You Need to Change (or lose control of your future)
If you look around your organization and you see policies and processes that haven’t changed in years, you need to worry. If the consensus is you’re “under margin pressure” and “customer loyalty” has evaporated, those are warning bells alerting you to the lack of necessary and critical change in your company.
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Amazon to Open Fulfillment Center in Texas
Amazon’s new fulfillment center in Amarillo will create hundreds of new full-time jobs.
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DSG to Open South Dakota Branch
Dakota Supply Group announced plans to open a new branch in Watertown, South Dakota, next month.
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Motion Announces Two Promotions
Motion names James Howe to e-commerce leadership role and Joe Limbaugh to supply chain leadership role.
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Graybar’s Sales Down 3.4% in 2020
The company also saw net income dip 15.7% compared to 2019, due primarily to a non-cash pension settlement charge.
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Wholesale Trade Sales Up 5.9% in January
Wholesale trade shows improvement from same month in 2020 and from the previous month of December, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Final Pandemic Revenue Index Shows 9.1% Increase
Indian River Consulting Group’s (IRCG) weekly Pandemic Revenue Index for the work week of March 1-5 increased 9.1%. This is the final PRI that IRCG will release.
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4 Ways COVID-19 Will Have a Long-Term Impact on Distributor Price Management
Disruptive developments brought on by the pandemic impacted distributor price management for the short-term, but may also permanently alter key aspects of pricing moving forward, says consultant Lee Nyari.
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