Ryan Laverdiere manages the building materials giant’s newest location, in the Maryland town of Centreville.
Eric Smith
Former MDM Senior Editor Eric Smith was an award-winning business journalist whose coverage focuses included economic news and insights, industry trends, M&A, and analysis of small businesses and public companies across the wholesale distribution marketplace.
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Gartner’s Maria Boulden, one of the featured speakers at MDM’s upcoming Sales GPS conference, says salespeople who still harbor a 2019 mindset stand little chance of survival.
But new orders placed in July marked a 5.6% decrease from the previous month of June, according to the most recent U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report.
Wholesale trade shows improvement from same month in 2020 and was also up from the previous month of June, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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U.S. Census Bureau’s final report on new orders for manufactured goods shows improvement for 14 of the last 15 months.
Year-over-year, the goods and services deficit decreased $3.2 billion, or 4.3%, from June.
A surge in COVID-19 cases means the pandemic is far from over, but the latest round of economic reports is further proof that the recovery also shows no sign of slowing.
The U.S. Census Bureau has released advance indicators showing that the international trade deficit declined while wholesale inventories increased in July.
Current dollar GDP increased 13.2% at an annual rate, or $693.2 billion, in the second quarter to a level of $22.7 trillion.
The former Micron Technology CFO will serve on the Avnet board’s audit and finance committees.
The decrease, down following two consecutive monthly increases, followed a 0.8% June increase.
Mike Marks outlines the reasons companies should attend MDM’s Sales GPS conference in Chicago this November.
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The new branch will be Dakota Supply Group’s 12th location in Minnesota and 44th across six states.
The distributor’s earnings and revenue beat wasn’t surprising given a favorable comp, but a handful of tailwinds are keeping Applied’s optimism intact heading into the new fiscal year.
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The chief marketing officer for the industrial distributor took that approach to heart during COVID, and on our latest podcast, he shared how the company has innovated to benefit itself and — most importantly — its customers.
The pandemic has provided a unique opportunity for companies to prove their value in the supply chain — and they can look to Aerosmith and Gwen Stefani as examples.
