Distribution Events
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Rexel Returns to Growth Across All Regions as U.S. Demand Drives First Quarter Gains
For distributors, the results underscore a familiar pattern. The U.S. market is driving growth, but gains are concentrated in specific end markets, particularly those tied to digital infrastructure and the energy transition.
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Summit’s Dwayne Roberts to Distributors: Start AI Small, Prove Value Fast, Then Scale
Roberts will share that approach at Applied AI for Distributors conference in Chicago, where he will join Natasha Broxton, founder, owner and chief executive officer of Alitura Group and Select Auto Parts and Sales, and Stu Tisdale, senior vice president and chief experience officer at ADI Global Distribution, on a panel.
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Sysco Expands Use of AI Tools to Boost Sales and Customer Growth
The company’s primary AI platform, known as AI360, is being deployed across its sales organization to help representatives identify opportunities, improve customer interactions, and increase order size.
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Nexans Acquires Republic Wire in Push to Build U.S. Low-Voltage Cable Platform
Republic Wire serves electrical wholesale distributors, utilities and municipalities across the United States and Canada from a single manufacturing and distribution campus outside Cincinnati.
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Applied Industrial Sales Top $1.3 Billion as MRO Demand Strengthens
For the first nine months of fiscal 2026, sales totaled $3.6 billion, up 8.2% from $3.3 billion in the prior year period.
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Watsco Strikes Deal to Acquire Jackson Supply, Expanding Sunbelt Footprint
Watsco has acquired 72 businesses since 1989 as part of a strategy to expand in the fragmented North American HVAC distribution market, which it estimates at $74 billion.
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Sysco Sales Rise on Local Restaurant Demand as Profit Declines
For the first nine months of fiscal 2026, Sysco reported sales of $62.4 billion, up 3.6% from $60.2 billion a year earlier.
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Watsco Posts Flat First Quarter as HVAC Market Adjusts to Refrigerant Shift
Chairman and CEO Albert Nahmad said conditions are beginning to stabilize as the industry approaches its peak summer season.
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RNDC Issues Conditional Layoff Notices for 2,800 Workers as Reyes Acquisition Nears Close
The notices, filed April 22 and 23 under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, cover workers in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia.
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Bio/Data Names U.S. Distributor for Alpha Laboratories’ Lab Supply Line
Bio/Data’s core business centers on the manufacturing and distribution of platelet aggregometers, platelet function centrifuges, platelet aggregation reagents and related consumables and accessories.