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Backlog is down in every region except for the South, which continues to see elevated levels of current and future construction activity.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.1% in March, down from a 0.4% increase in February.
Year-to-date orders for 2023 totaled $819.6 million, 10.7% below the first two months of 2022, according to a new report.
According to the Labor Department's preliminary jobs report, 11,800 warehouse and storage jobs were lost between February and March.
Great ideas sometimes turn into train wrecks, and no company bats 100% when it comes to initiatives. Mike Marks outlines strategies for minimizing damage and creating best possible outcomes.
On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has grown by 196,000 jobs, an increase of 2.5%, according to a recent report.
It followed a 2.1% decrease in January.
Walmart said it expects about 65% of its stores to be serviced by automation by the end of its fiscal year 2026
The sales growth for the 12 months through February 2023 is 16.1% percent, according to a HARDI news release.
Private nonresidential spending was up 0.7%, while public nonresidential construction spending was down 0.2% in February.
Distributors have consistently voiced market optimism in recent months, but one of the leading economic indicators is cause for concern.
Distributors remain confident after a strong 2022 despite signs the economy may be slowing in 2023.
A new government estimate says U.S. real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.6% in 4Q 2022, down from 3.2% in 3Q.
Last year brought the total number of job announcements since 2010 to nearly 1.6 million, according to the Reshoring Initiative.
New PwC research revealed that most firms are struggling to effectively implement supply chain technology. This article dives into the findings.
Cutting tool consumption totaled $196.2 million, according to the USCTI and the Association For Manufacturing Technology.
The U.S. central bank signaled that the latest rate hike may not be the last, but is likely nearing the end of aggressive increases.
The index for industrial production remained unchanged in February after increasing 0.3% in January.
There was an unexpected drop in producer prices in February, and January's price rise was not as large as initially anticipated.
