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The MRO, OEM and industrial technologies distributor posted year-over-year 1Q gains in sales and EBITDA, driven by both organic and acquisitive growth.
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AD welcomed over 550 new members and reached record sales in the first quarter of 2025.
Acquisitions boosted top-line sales, while organic continued to slide.
While net sales dipped, a nearly 6% organic sales growth was led by data centers, and the distributor's Broadband and OEM businesses.
The U.S. industrial health gauge retreated further into contraction, hampered by lower production and export orders.
The MRO distributor’s High-Touch Solutions segment logged a modest year-over-year sales decline, while Endless Assortment saw double digit growth.
Stanley Black & Decker implemented a high-single digit price increase on U.S. tools in April, with plans to introduce a second price increase effective the beginning of the third quarter.
Sales in the Americas and EMEA were down YoY and sequentially, while sales in Asia increased substantially.
It followed healthy growth of 2.4% in 4Q24.
Performance was "significant" given the soft start in January and was led by Indoff and the Global's largest strategic accounts.
