Third-generation family business Fire Protection Equipment Co. joins Pye-Barker to enhance the company’s full fire code compliance services.
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Acquires Century-Old Distributor in VA Read More »
Core & Main’s sales in PVF, storm drainage and meter products increased primarily due to higher volumes and acquisitions.
Core & Main Holds Outlook After 1Q Sales Jump 10% Read More »
Citing trade wars, the lender expects 2025 U.S. growth to be half of what it predicted a year earlier.
World Bank Cuts 2025 Global, U.S. Economic Growth Outlook Read More »
The agricultural equipment gave a bold response to a report of a company U.S. production shutdown.
John Deere Fights Rumor of U.S. Pause with $20B Factory Investment Pledge Read More »
A cyberattack on United Natural Foods Inc., a primary distributor to Whole Foods, continues to cause disruptions to business operations.
Food Distributor UNFI Partially Crippled by Cyberattack Read More »
This piece kicks off a five-part series providing guidance on turning uncertainty into decisive action, with data analytics as the underlying compass. This section introduces the concept of modeling “doing nothing vs. doing something” and helps assess whether the investment in purpose-built analytics is justified by their scale and complexity.
Distribution’s Analytics Imperative: Becoming the Disruptor in a Disruptive Market Read More »
Our highly anticipated annual feature is now available to view and download. Explore our 20 different lists to see distribution’s biggest movers and shakers.
MDM’s 2025 Top Distributors Lists Are Now Live & Available to Download Read More »
While monthly orders expectedly retracted, the decline was less than half of a typical April, while year-over-year and year-to-date figures outpace 2024.
April U.S. Metalworking Machinery Orders Maintain Strong YoY Trend Read More »
The trend reflects the impacts of tariff-driven uncertainty that followed frontloading of goods to start the year.
U.S. Wholesale Sales Continue Deceleration with Modest April Gain Read More »
It’s the JanSan, foodservice and industrial packaging supplies distributor’s first bolt-on in 2025 after three deals in 2024.
BradyPlus Acquires Biloxi Paper on MS Gulf Coast Read More »
Based in Michigan, MNP is a manufacturer of fasteners and cold-formed components, including screws, rivets, washers and more.
Fasteners Maker MNP Acquired by Italy’s Fontana Gruppo Read More »
Plenty of companies from MDM’s Top Distributors Lists decorated a revenue-based spot on the newly released 2025 Fortune 500. See our convenient breakdown of them here, along with facts and figures about this year’s feature.
Here’s Where Distributors Rank on the 2025 Fortune 500 Read More »
Based in California, AIReps is a group of distributors of aerospace products, such as connectors, fasteners, seals, HI-LOKs, tubing and more.
Aeromed Acquires Fellow Distribution Group AIReps in Anaheim Read More »
SencorpWhite operates via brands White Systems, CeraTek, Accu-Seal and Ascent Warehouse Logistics.
MSI Automate Buys Vertical Storage Provider SencorpWhite in Auction Read More »
Kodiak Building Partners appointed new presidents at Zarsky Lumber and Sun Mountain Doors to support growth and operations.
Kodiak BP Appoints Leaders for 2 Subsidiaries Read More »
Texas-based NEXGEN is a manufacturer’s lighting agency, serving the northern, eastern and western regions of Texas.
SESCO to Acquire Fellow Lighting Manufacturers Rep Agency NEXGEN Read More »
PTDA welcomed back Canada-based Allen Bearings & Technologies, a distributor of bearings and power transmission solutions and added MANTIS to its manufacturers.
PTDA Adds MANTIS Conveyor & Allen Bearings to Membership Read More »
Distributors spend significant resources on their sales force, where optimization has been shifted by tech and customer expectations and traditional approaches are changing with the rise of inside sales, hybrid models, and hunter/farmer strategies. Here, learn about why these new approaches are taking sales teams by storm across the distribution industry and why your team should implement them today.
How to Optimize Your Sales Force Model for the Future Read More »
HARDI distributors saw a solid monthly sales increase in April, with growth trending upward despite soft housing data and high interest rates.
HARDI Distributors Post 6.8% April Revenue Growth Read More »
GlobalFoundries is expanding its U.S. semiconductor manufacturing through an investment to meet growing AI-driven demand with technologies and industry partnerships.
GlobalFoundries to Spend $16B on Chip Production in NY, VT Read More »
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