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Before You Automate Your Warehouse, Ask These 3 Questions

May 26, 2026
| Andrew Stephens

Warehouse automation often falls short — not because of technology, but because distributors automate the wrong problems. This piece outlines three critical questions to reduce friction, improve workflow orchestration and ensure automation investments actually deliver efficiency gains.

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March U.S. Cutting Tool Shipment Surge Reflects Front-Loading

May 20, 2026
| MDM Staff

Order value jumped both monthly and year-over-year, helped by inflation and buyers looking to get inventory ahead of further price increases.

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Verizon Report: Ransomware Drives 61% of Manufacturing Malware Breaches

May 19, 2026
| MDM Staff

Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report shows vulnerability exploitation overtaking stolen credentials as the top breach entry point, while ransomware, third-party risk and AI-assisted cyberattacks continue reshaping the threat landscape. We cover the key findings here.

Economic Trends

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MDM Forecast: May Update

May 19, 2026
| Mike Hockett

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Stellar Industrial Supply Restructures Commercial Team Around Customer Acquisition

May 19, 2026
| MDM Staff

The MRO and metalworking supplies distributor has created a new customer acquisition and business development structure as it looks to accelerate organic growth and sharpen focus across both new and existing customer relationships.

Mergers & Acquisitions

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QXO Maps Out Post-Deal Playbook as it Integrates Beacon, Kodiak and Adds TopBuild

May 11, 2026
| Mike Hockett

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Economic Trends

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March Metalworking Machinery Surge

May 11, 2026
| MDM Staff

While inflation is a major tailwind, a sustained increase in average order value above inflation continues to point to increased demand.

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Oil & Gas Drives March Jump in March U.S. Wholesale Inventories & Sales

May 8, 2026
| Mike Hockett

Frontloading on petroleum products ahead of price shocks tied to the Iran war skewed the industry's overall figures, but here, view product vertical-specific figures for monthly and year-over-year sales, inventories and inventory/sales ratios pulled from the Census Bureau's latest wholesale trade report.

Industrial Supplies

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Metrics: Fastenal’s Sales Acceleration Rolls Through April

May 6, 2026
| Mike Hockett

It was the company's 10th straight month of double-digit daily sales grwoth year-over-year and its best month since August 2022 in the height of post-COVID market recovery. We give a full breakdown of Fastenal's April sales metrics here and the context around them.

Mergers & Acquisitions

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April M&A Roundup: QXO, Watsco Lead Less Active Month

May 1, 2026
| Mike Hockett

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