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Formerly known as Electrocomponents plc, London-based RS Group will add Monterrey, Mexico-based Risoul.
The industry understands the benefits that industrial vending presents, but what about picking a vendor for it? Here's how to evaluate.
New markets and overhauled operations are producing major dividends at leading distributors DXP Enterprises, NOW Inc. and MRC Global.
In this MDM Podcast, ETIM North America's Mary Shaw provides insight into the state of data standardization for manufacturers, distributors and end users, along with the benefits of standardizing product data industrywide.
We share commentary from the newest Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey that highlights the issues viewed as most worrisome in the year ahead.
MDM's latest webcast dove into how data can lead distributors amid all the economic uncertainty, and how CRM and BI can be applied.
Amid continued supply chain challenges, SPAs open up a range of opportunities that will help manufacturers and distributors thrive.
Large distributors have voiced considerable optimism amid all the economic concern. Do smaller firms feel the same way?
Questions about economic concerns, distribution inventory management and the future of hybrid work were among topics covered in MDM's July 2022 Premium Monthly, now available for download.
A 3-alarm fire late Monday night destroyed the Commerce City, California, warehouse of Western Hose & Gasket, a WestFlex company.
The metalworking and MRO supplies distributor is suddenly on an acquisition streak.
We all know the distribution sector is highly fragmented, but to what extent? A chat with McKinsey partners Alex Abdelnour and Kevin Sachs dives into the state of fragmentation within various markets and the factors that separate leading distributors from laggards.
Data is the new currency of business, and distribution leaders must guide their teams while there's no guarantee as to what will happen next, Nelson Valderrama explains.
Following a period that reenergized the pace of M&A activity, deals involving packaging companies and international entities kept a brisk pace.
Sales outpaced that of 1Q at the industrial distribution giant, despite slowing throughout the quarter.
It's part of the toolmaker's plan to save $1.5 billion in three-year cost savings while shifting resources and reprioritizing investments.
Following a relatively slow 1Q, distribution M&A increased in the April-June period, ending 2Q with one of the biggest months in deal volume over the past two years.
Ahead of a potential economic slowdown, we asked distributors whether they plan on adjusting inventory for the second half of 2022 and into 2023.
MDM's Mike Hockett and NetSuite's Ranga Bodla discuss why distributor associations and buying groups are more important than ever and a new program aimed to provide them with additional resources.
