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Our third quarter MarketPulse shares a wealth of data from the 3Q25 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey - conducted in early October - that covered respondents' revenue performance, pricing updates and expectations for 4Q25 and 2026, plus plenty of sector-specific commentary.
See our breakdown of M&A activity by product category, the latest EBITDA trading multiples for 28 top industrial distributors and our detailed rundown of all deals we tracked during July-September, which improved sequentially but remained overall subdued compared to 2023-2024.
This issue's content contains six articles that cover QXO's strategic FAQ commentary; the latest cargo theft trends distributors should be aware of; a value-to-price guide; which distributors were named "World's Best Companies" by TIME; our monthly M&A roundup; a Market Profile on abrasives; and more.
It was the fourth annual event for NAW, and the biggest one yet, bringing startup technology vendors and forward-thinking distributors together.
This issue's content contains eight articles that cover distribution's inflation delay; ORS' continued M&A expansion; what to know about extended producer responsibility laws; part 2 of our deep dive on ADI Global; future-proofing sales comp; why Home Depot acquired GMS; a Market Profile on abrasives; and more.
This issue's content contains eight articles that include the last two parts of our Analytics Imperative series; benchmarking research on distributors' AI adoption; research on distributors' succession planning; our 2-part "Retooling Distribution for Digital series; a Market Profile on electrical component modules; and more.
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.
Our second quarter MarketPulse shares a wealth of data from the 2Q25 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey - conducted in early July - that covered respondents' revenue performance, pricing updates and expectations for the current quarter and rest-of-year, plus plenty of commentary.
Now live, this issue’s content is packed a dozen articles that include the first three parts of our Analytics Imperative series; our three-part deep dive on LINC Systems; research on distributors decoupling from China; takeaways from two key SHIFT conference sessions; a Market Profile on Fluid Power; and more.
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This deep dive traces the strategic components of LINC Systems' service-first model and growth trajectory, as well as the key inflection points that created the fasteners distributor's formula for success.
A trio of prominent financial services firms provided aggressive price targets for QXO when initiating their analyst coverage. See where they're expecting that stock to go to, and what's driving their outlook for it.
Now live, the issue's content is packed with articles that cover demand for warehouse space; a deep dive on ADI Global Distribution; cash flow red flags and how to get ahead of them; how rockstar CFOs master tariffs; QXO's plans to transform Beacon; and our monthly MDM Forecast and M&A Roundup.
The free, three-hour event provides a wealth of expert insight into combatting relentless disruption with data analytics and the often unrealized potential of being a data-driven organization.
Now live, the mega-issue's content is packed with a wealth of MDM research on how tariffs are impacting distributors' cost of goods sold, investment plans and what they're doing about it; expert analysis on elasticity and the tariff response options at distributors' disposal; and the return of MDM's Women in Distribution feature.
Our first quarter MarketPulse shares a wealth of data from the 1Q25 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey that covered respondents' revenue performance, pricing updates and expectations for the current quarter and rest-of-year, plus plenty of commentary.
See our new breakdown of M&A activity by product category, the latest EBITDA trading multiples for 30 top industrial distributors and our detailed recap of dealmaking activity during January-March, which was notably subdued compared to previous quarters.
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