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Amid digital expansion, many distributors grew apart from customers during the pandemic. Fastenal did the opposite. In a new MDM Podcast, Mike Hockett and Dan Florness discuss how the company continues to grow closer to its customers.
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MDM Executive Editor Mike Hockett recaps what he saw and learned at Fastenal Expo 2022, the distributor's first in-person company showcase in three years.
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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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Five-year company veteran Lisa Pope takes over leadership of the ERP solutions leader after serving as its Americas EVP.
It comes just after the company announced the closing of its merger with TestEquity and Gexpro Services and a May 1 CEO succession.
The duo says the partnership boosts the value of Continental’s distributor network by making inventory available to peer members.
The rapidly-growing distributor suddenly has a strong foothold in OEM home products after acquiring Emcompass Supply Chain Solutions.
The foodservice, JanSan and packaging supplies distributor's addition of Associated Paper was its ninth bolt-on since the merger of Brady and Individual FoodService in late 2020.
Preliminary figures show March was MSC's best sales month ever. Here's a recap of CEO Erik Gershwind's comments from a March 30 earnings call.
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Get an introduction to MDM's new Executive Editor, Mike Hockett, a name some readers in the industry may already be familiar with.