Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement: Strategies to …
4 days ago · Will Quinn is the Director of Industry Solution & Strategy for Infor Distribution. With more than 25 years of Supply Chain and Logistics experience, Will brings a wealth of industry knowledge and expertise to the team, enabling our sales organization to understand better the challenges distributors face on a day-to-day basis.
The Top 50 B2B Marketplaces: A New Ranking
4 days ago · Manufacturers, SaaS companies, large tech monopolies and incumbent B2B distributors have all taken material action in the past year to get more involved with B2B marketplaces. Schneider Electric and General Mills have both invested in one of our top 50. Linear, SaaS tech companies are evolving their business model to be a marketplace or ...
Top Distributors Archive - Modern Distribution Management
The 2024 Top Distributors Lists, now in its 15th year, is MDM’s annual ranking of the top 200 North American industrial, construction and commercial product distribution companies by revenue across 20 discrete product category sectors. Rank indicates product category standing based on 2023 company revenue within that category, however, total ...
Deeper Dive: How Grainger Continues to Evolve
6 days ago · On Friday, Grainger posted second-quarter sales of $3.2 billion, which was up 13.1% year-over-year and up by more than $3 billion from this year’s first quarter. For the first six months of this year, Grainger’s sales increased 7.8% to $6.3 billion while its profit increased 61.3% to $463 million. Grainger estimated non-pandemic sales ...
Here's Where Distributors Rank on Forbes’ 2023 List of America’s ...
Alongside producing MDM’s annual Top Distributors feature, I’m always on the lookout for other rankings lists that involve industrial, commercial and building supply distributors that are on MDM’s radar.. Forbes is a frequent source for these kinds of lists, as the global media company’s biggest claim to fame is its various lists of companies either by size or reputation.
Home Depot to Acquire HD Supply Holdings for $8.7 Billion
HD Supply Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: HDS) on Monday announced that it is being acquired by home improvement retailer The Home Depot Inc. for $56 per share, or $8.7 billion. The companies’ boards of directors have unanimously approved the terms of the agreement, and the board of HD Supply has resolved to recommend that shareholders accept the ...
Behind the Scenes of the Zoro/Distributor Relationship
3 days ago · Zoro merchandises its nearly 4 million products thanks to help from its ‘behind the scenes’ partnerships with a variety of distributors, from small businesses to larger outlets, operating in conjunction with a range of online channels — except Amazon. Over the years, Zoro has expanded from its original location in the Chicago suburb of ...
declines 7.1% in 2020 and grows 10.4% in 2021. However, under the pessimistic scenario, industr. sales decline 11.9% in 2020 and 3.7% in 2021.After price adjustments, the wholesale distribution industry grew slower than the overall U.S. economy in 2019 by 1.8 percentage points (0.5% for wholesale distributors vers.
The Technology Behind Amazon’s Search Dominance
Oct 9, 2024 · This revealed that when a customer visits Amazon, they have a 2.3% chance of buying something. That is an extremely high baseline conversion rate. But, when a customer searches for something, that rate leaps up to an astounding 12.9%. This means that Amazon search increases the chance of a sale by 558%.
Office Depot Realigns, Reaffirms Delay of Company Split
The board of directors for the ODP Corporation, which operates as Office Depot, reaffirmed its stance June 21 on delaying splitting the company into separate B2B and B2C entities following a review of proposals to purchase the company’s consumer-centered operations. “Given current market and macroeconomic conditions, as well as the benefits of …