Industrial and MRO parts distributor Global Industrial records momentum highlighted by a 7.4% increase in average daily sales in the fourth quarter.
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Eric Hoplin, NAW CEO, testified to the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on how the distribution industry is deploying AI.
Kodiak Building Partners to join legacy Beacon as the next major building materials distributor to make up QXO. See details of the acquisition, expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.
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Private equity firm Exponent acquired U.K.-based Optimas International from its U.S.-based parent company Optimas Solutions.
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Check out the news that drove conversation in 2025 and painted a picture of an industry in flux, from billion-dollar deals to the sudden collapse of a $4B distributor.
Get a glimpse into the topics that help shaped strategy and drive conversation with this list of 2025's most-read free articles published on MDM.
Two distributors caught in tariff enforcement sweep; one to pay a $54M settlement and another's COO faces prison.
The port's leadership will shape the agenda, on everything from technology deployment to cargo visibility, at one of the nation's gateways for trans-Pacific trade.
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Will robots replace us? AI take our jobs? The answer (at least so far) has been “no.”
Electrical equipment and grid components distributors support NEMA's call for federal incentives for on-shoring supply chains efforts.
The White House will eliminate one-third of requirements from future contracts that aren't mandated by law in an effort to "cut red tape."
Accelerator-backed startup Avent aims to automate quotes and order entry for industrial distribution and manufacturing.
The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors has challenged the constitutionality of a mandate which creates “unreasonable, arbitrary and crushing” burdens on distributors in Oregon. Get all the crucial details here.
