December Data: Most Distributors’ 2024 Expectations Improve
The data gave more fuel to a "soft landing" consensus for economic conditions next year.
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Brian Lewandowski
November Data: Wholesale Revenue Optimism Continues Uptick
Overall, revenue outlooks for 2023 and 2024 improved for a second straight month. Mike Hockett dives into the U.S. Census Bureau's latest wholesale trade data.
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July Wholesale Data: Expectations Weaken for 2023 2H and 2024
Full-year revenue expectations soured for a second-straight month, falling from a slight gain to decline. Mike Hockett recaps those figures and more.
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April Wholesale Data: Industrial Distributors’ Optimism Hard to Ignore
While talks of a slowdown persist, industrial distributors outperformed nearly all other wholesale sectors in 1Q's first two months.
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March Wholesale Data: 2023 Outlook Dips, Inventory Trends Negative
Mike Hockett breaks down the latest U.S. Census Bureau's wholesale trade data, covering revenue expectations and trends, inventory and more.
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Mixed Economic Signals Continue Through Year’s End
Mike Hockett dives into the numbers for distributors' 2023 expectations and the latest economic indicators for the industrial economy.
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Wholesale Data Analysis: Falling Expectations and the Numbers Behind Employment Struggles
Mike Hockett breaks down the latest figures showing distributors' expectations for 2023 and beyond, as well as data that illustrates why distributors are still struggling with staffing despite a growing labor pool.
What to Watch: Movement in Imports, Container Prices Amid Inflation
A disappointing inflation index reading grabbed headlines, but it's certainly not the only metric to keep an eye on.
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Distribution Sector Revenues Overdue for a Leveling
We examine the latest future revenue expectations for the wholesale distribution sector and where inventory levels currently stand vs. their historic averages.
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Data: Distributors’ 2023 Revenue Expectations Worsen
New data provided to MDM offers an update on distributors' 2022-2024 revenue expectations and forecasts overall economic trajectory.
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New Data Puts Wholesale Inflation in Perspective
MDM's Mike Hockett shares new Census Bureau data that illustrates the gap between wholesale distributors' reported vs. "real" revenues over the past year.
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Distributors Shed COVID but Prepare for Other Potential Crises in 2022-23
Last year’s momentum carried over into a strong first half of 2022 for many distributors. But a mishmash of headwinds and tailwinds reveal uncertainties for the rest of the year and into 2023, economist Brian Lewandowski and MDM’s Tom Gale discuss in a new webcast.
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2022 Forecast Remains Strong Despite Inflation
A recent GDP forecast revised upward for last year's 4Q, but 2022's pace of growth so far is slower than 2021. Brian Lewandowski from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado outlines how recent trends may impact distributors.
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Tracking COVID-19’s Destructive Path
The severity of the coronavirus crisis has exceeded that of the Great Recession more than 10 years ago, and while distributors haven’t been spared the impact of COVID-19, the industry is faring better than most.
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Second Quarter 2020 Distribution Markets Forecast
MDM’s new report, Markets Forecast, offers quarterly revenue projections for the wholesale distribution industry, plus breakouts for select categories, for the current calendar quarter and the next fiscal year. The inaugural Forecast looks at post-pandemic projections for distributors as a whole, plus specific sectors.
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