Summit Names New VP of Operations
Albuquerque-based Summit Electric Supply says industry veteran Dwayne Roberts has joined the company as vice president of operations.
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April 2022
What Omnichannel Means for Today’s Distributors and Suppliers
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Fastenal Wants Digital to Comprise 55% of its Sales by End of 2022
Fastenal’s 1Q growth considerably outpaced that of a year earlier and the last “pre-COVID” quarter of 1Q 2020. Digital is the biggest driver. We examine the numbers here.
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Energy Costs Inflate Producer Prices in March
The rising cost of energy sent wholesale prices up a record 11.2% last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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ADI Unifies AV Products Distribution
The wholesale distributor says it will unify its Pro AV products distribution offering under the ADI Global Distribution brand.
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AFFLINK Hires New SVP of Business Development
The Alabama-based supply chain management company appointed industry veteran Todd Gatzulis as its newest senior vice president.
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AD Canada Partners with Electrical Supplier
The independent distributor organization says Ericson Manufacturing ‘makes history’ by partnering with the AD Canada Warehouse.
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Blue Point, Brimar Acquire Crowd Control
The private equity firm and its portfolio company acquired the Chicago-based distributor of crowd-control, traffic and safety products.
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Observations from a Reformatted ISA Convention
ISA22 was held in Houston this week, which presented a considerably different event than pre-pandemic ISA conventions. Here, MDM’s Mike Hockett provides a recap of the show and insights on what those changes looked like.
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Littelfuse Makes 2 Acquisitions
The industrial technology company struck deals to acquire Embed, Ltd. and C&K Switches.
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Inline Electric Acquires Williams
Inline Electric Supply Co. Inc. said it has acquired Williams Electric Supply, converting it into a ‘100% employee-owned ESOP.’
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GPC Makes European Automotive Acquisition
Alliance Automotive Group, the company’s wholly-owned automotive distribution company based in London, acquired Lausan.
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Why Private Investment is Driving So Much of Distribution M&A, Pt. 1
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Ewing Acquires Hageman Earth Cycle
Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply says its acquisition of the Northern Colorado company will create a “new service model opportunity.”
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Fastenal 1Q Earnings Up 20.3%
The distributor says 2022 first-quarter net sales were $1,704.1 million, up about $287 million over the same period in 2021.
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Perspectives on Canadian Jan-San Distribution Channels
Tom Fournier, president of Shade’s Mills Group, a sales strategy consultancy based in Cambridge, Ontario, shares insights from a career managing sales channels in Canada and the U.S. with an international jan-san products manufacturer.
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Manage the Risk of Your Sales Model Now
The pandemic is a giant tipping point that has accelerated the rate of change. The cost of not adapting your current sales model could be a slow death.
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Endries Acquires Old Dominion Fasteners
The Brillion, Wisconsin-based company says it has reached a deal to acquire ‘certain assets’ Old Dominion Fasteners, Inc.
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Building Controls & Solutions Continues Trend by Acquiring Activelogix
The company’s March acquisition came weeks after BCS won a Distributor of the Year award from Honeywell.
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ISA Gives Lifetime Achievement Award to Karl M. Weiler
Weiler is the former president of Weiler Abrasives, a provider of abrasives, power brushes and maintenance products for surface conditioning.
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