U.S. construction spending declined in June for the fourth straight month, driven by continued drops in private residential and nonresidential activity.
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U.S. manufacturing activity contracted for a fifth straight month in July, as the PMI fell below expectations to its lowest figure since October 2024.
Buying group AD reported record first-half 2025 sales, driven by new members from its 2024 merger with IMARK Electrical and increased supplier purchasing.
The rebrand unifies Commerce's three key offerings under one brand, while the partnership aims to reduce delays, minimize errors and accelerate revenue.
The distributor opened dozens of new North American branches and a new Canadian fulfillment center as part of its busy 2024-2025 fiscal year. Here's a recap.
JLS Lighting is a lighting and control solutions distributor serving commercial and industrial markets in Florida.
Cerro Brass is a distributor of brass components, serving the residential, commercial and industrial markets.
Watsco delivered company-record 2Q gross profit despite a slight dip in sales, driven by tech-driven strategic pricing and other initiatives.
The company's two product segments saw year-over-year sales growth, but gross margin, net profit and EBITDA all declined.
Core organic sales had another mid-single digit decline year-over-year while net profit sunk by nearly half from a year earlier.
Four acquisitions in 2024 drove a double-digit sales year-over-year sales increase at Distribution Solutions Group, but underlying organic growth also improved.
Wesco’s 2Q results show accelerating organic growth and surging data center sales, prompting the company to raise its full-year outlook.
U.S. wholesale inventories rebounded in June, despite expectations of a decline, as the trade deficit narrowed and retail inventories continued to grow.
The IMF modestly raised its global and U.S. growth forecast for 2025 and 2026, citing easing inflation, improved financial conditions and reduced trade tensions.
With $4.2 billion in 2024 revenue, Chart makes and designs process technologies and equipment for handling gases and liquids. It previously had agreed to be acquired by Flowserve.
U.S. GDP rebounded sharply in the second quarter of 2025, driven by stronger consumer spending and a drop in imports.
The industrial and MRO parts distributor achieved company quarterly records for gross margin and operating profit as revenue improved throughout April-June period.
Honor Foods opened a new DC in Kissimmee, FL, expanding its Southeast operations and improving product access and logistics across the region.
MSC Industrial Supply named an interim CFO following the pending departure of Kristen Actis-Grande.
See our breakdown of M&A activity by product category, the latest EBITDA trading multiples for 29 top industrial distributors and our detailed rundown of all deals we tracked during April-June, which remained subdued but improved throughout the quarter.
