Baird-MDM Survey Archives

How Are Distributors Combatting Higher Costs from Tariffs? Here’s What They Told Us

Economic Trends, Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Strategy, Tariffs / Mike Hockett

We polled nearly 300 distributors and manufacturers in early April about the methods they are using in response to a higher cost of goods sold brought on by tariffs. See our detailed breakdown of the results, including by revenue size, along with plenty of respondent commentary.

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Research: Distributors’ Top Business Risks & Concerns

Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Legal Issues in Wholesale Distribution, Market Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations, Public Policy, Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey, Strategy, Technology / Mike Hockett

Distributors are dealing with more potential business risks today than ever before. We polled hundreds of them to determine what the biggest risks are, and dissected plenty of interesting commentary.

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Research: What’s Holding Distributors Back from AI Progress?

AI, Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey, Technology / Mike Hockett

We gathered polling data and commentary from hundreds of respondents to find out. Find our analysis on the results here.

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Survey: How Will Supplier Pricing Impact Distributors’ Gross Margin in 2024?

Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Pricing, Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey / Mike Hockett

Distributors won’t be able to pass along price increases in 2024 at nearly the rate of 2021-2023. So, the 4Q23 Baird-MDM Survey asked distributors how they see supplier pricing impacting gross margin.

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What are Distributors’ Economic Expectations for 2024?

Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey, Research & Analytics / Mark Powell

More than three-fourths of executives who responded to the 3Q 2023 Baird-MDM Industrial Survey said they expect either flat or modest growth in 2024.

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MarketPulse: 3Q23 Stays in the Red as Markets Continue Settling

Leave a Comment / Featured Blog, Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey / Mark Powell

3Q23 revenue growth for industrial sectors declined 0.5%, according to the latest Baird-MDM Distribution Survey. Premium members can get our resulting MarketPulse report now.

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Data: Distributors, Manufacturers Seeing Slow Progress on Labor Front

Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Human Resources in Wholesale Distribution, Market Analysis / Mike Hockett

The 3Q23 Baird-MDM Survey revealed new quantitative data on industry-wide frontline hiring/retention, and plenty of interesting commentary.

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MarketPulse: 2Q23 Sees Steepest Declines in More Than 2 Years

Leave a Comment / Economic Trends, Featured Blog, Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey, Research & Analytics / Mark Powell

Inconsistent, sluggish revenue numbers dogged some distributors during the second quarter, according to the latest Baird-MDM survey.

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Commentary: Distributors Chime In on Choppy Industrial Demand

Economic Trends, Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey, Research & Analytics / Vesna Brajkovic

Some markets voiced robust 1Q demand while others saw things at least start to slow. Here’s what distribution execs had to say in the 1Q 2023 Baird-MDM Survey.