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ADS Buys NDS for $1 Billion to Broaden Distribution Reach

The combination gives ADS access to new channels while deepening its position in existing markets.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Raises $750 Million in Debt Offering to Support U.S. Growth Strategy

The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, which could include investing in technology and distribution expansion.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

C&S Wholesale Groceries completes SpartanNash acquisition

SpartanNash, which had been publicly traded before this deal, generates two-thirds of its revenue from its wholesale segment.
  • Don Davis
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Footwear Industry Warns Supreme Court Tariff Case Could Raise Prices, Cost Jobs

Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), said the industry now pays nearly $5 billion annually in tariffs.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Office Depot Parent Company to be Acquired by Private Equity Firm

As retail has declined, Office Depot has put an emphasis on its ODP Business Solutions.
  • Don Davis
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Specialty Building Products to Acquire OrePac

The move marks another step in SBP’s strategy for expanding through acquisitions of strong regional distributors.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

TopBuild Pivots Toward Commercial Growth as Housing Slows

CEO Robert Buck said TopBuild is expanding beyond its traditional focus on residential construction.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Amazon to Raise Wages and Expand Benefits for Frontline Workers

The move may force distributors to accelerate pay reviews, invest in automation to reduce dependence on manual labor.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Olin to End Mitsui & Co., Ltd. JV, Reshaping EDC Supply for Distributors

For distributors that depend on EDC as a key feedstock for Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), this strategy change could mean fewer buying windows.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

McKesson Restructures Business to Sharpen Focus on High-Growth Segment

The company said it will now be organized around four core reportable segments.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Arrow Electronics Appoints Bill Austen Interim CEO as Sean Kerins Exits

Austen previously led Bemis Company, a global manufacturer of flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive materials, as president and CEO.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Raymond Capital Management Acquires Mesa Fastener

Mesa Fastener supplies more than 10,000 types of commercial threaded fasteners to industrial customers across the U.S. Southwest.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

GSK’s $30 Billion U.S. Expansion Poised to Reshape Pharma Distribution Networks

The investment move will reverberate through pharmaceutical and healthcare distribution networks, which have faced persistent supply chain disruptions.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Sharpens Strategy Around Nonresidential Growth, High-End Residential Push

Ferguson is expanding early-stage collaboration with engineers and contractors and broadening its portfolio to include process equipment solutions.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

U.S. Industrial Output Edges Higher in August but Distributors Remain Cautious

What it means for distributors: Purchasing is likely to remain choppy, with strength clustered in auto-related accounts and mining.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Kojo Secures $10 Million Investment from Wesco, Expanding Construction Tech Platform

Wesco’s investment signals growing interest among major distributors in partnering with digital platforms that can modernize how contractors plan and execute projects.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Ends Fiscal Year with Strong Q4 Sales Increase

For the full fiscal year ending July 31, Ferguson reported sales of $30.76 billion, up 3.8% from $29.64 billion last year.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Performance Food Group Opens Information-Sharing Talks with US Foods

PFG said its board and executives had recently met with several major shareholders to discuss strategic options before holding discussions with US Foods.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Cardinal Health Opens 350,000-Square-Foot Consumer Health Logistics Center

The facility is purpose-built as a centralized replenishment hub for over-the-counter consumer health products.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 15, 2025
Distribution Industry News

VF to Sell Dickies Brand to Bluestar Alliance for $600 Million

Dickies, founded in 1922, is a mainstay in industrial and construction settings and widely worn by employees and contractors across distribution.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 15, 2025

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Distribution Industry News

ADS Buys NDS for $1 Billion to Broaden Distribution Reach

The combination gives ADS access to new channels while deepening its position in existing markets.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Raises $750 Million in Debt Offering to Support U.S. Growth Strategy

The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, which could include investing in technology and distribution expansion.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

C&S Wholesale Groceries completes SpartanNash acquisition

SpartanNash, which had been publicly traded before this deal, generates two-thirds of its revenue from its wholesale segment.
  • Don Davis
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Footwear Industry Warns Supreme Court Tariff Case Could Raise Prices, Cost Jobs

Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), said the industry now pays nearly $5 billion annually in tariffs.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Office Depot Parent Company to be Acquired by Private Equity Firm

As retail has declined, Office Depot has put an emphasis on its ODP Business Solutions.
  • Don Davis
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Specialty Building Products to Acquire OrePac

The move marks another step in SBP’s strategy for expanding through acquisitions of strong regional distributors.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

TopBuild Pivots Toward Commercial Growth as Housing Slows

CEO Robert Buck said TopBuild is expanding beyond its traditional focus on residential construction.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Amazon to Raise Wages and Expand Benefits for Frontline Workers

The move may force distributors to accelerate pay reviews, invest in automation to reduce dependence on manual labor.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Olin to End Mitsui & Co., Ltd. JV, Reshaping EDC Supply for Distributors

For distributors that depend on EDC as a key feedstock for Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), this strategy change could mean fewer buying windows.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

McKesson Restructures Business to Sharpen Focus on High-Growth Segment

The company said it will now be organized around four core reportable segments.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Arrow Electronics Appoints Bill Austen Interim CEO as Sean Kerins Exits

Austen previously led Bemis Company, a global manufacturer of flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive materials, as president and CEO.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Raymond Capital Management Acquires Mesa Fastener

Mesa Fastener supplies more than 10,000 types of commercial threaded fasteners to industrial customers across the U.S. Southwest.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

GSK’s $30 Billion U.S. Expansion Poised to Reshape Pharma Distribution Networks

The investment move will reverberate through pharmaceutical and healthcare distribution networks, which have faced persistent supply chain disruptions.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Sharpens Strategy Around Nonresidential Growth, High-End Residential Push

Ferguson is expanding early-stage collaboration with engineers and contractors and broadening its portfolio to include process equipment solutions.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

U.S. Industrial Output Edges Higher in August but Distributors Remain Cautious

What it means for distributors: Purchasing is likely to remain choppy, with strength clustered in auto-related accounts and mining.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Kojo Secures $10 Million Investment from Wesco, Expanding Construction Tech Platform

Wesco’s investment signals growing interest among major distributors in partnering with digital platforms that can modernize how contractors plan and execute projects.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Ends Fiscal Year with Strong Q4 Sales Increase

For the full fiscal year ending July 31, Ferguson reported sales of $30.76 billion, up 3.8% from $29.64 billion last year.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Performance Food Group Opens Information-Sharing Talks with US Foods

PFG said its board and executives had recently met with several major shareholders to discuss strategic options before holding discussions with US Foods.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Cardinal Health Opens 350,000-Square-Foot Consumer Health Logistics Center

The facility is purpose-built as a centralized replenishment hub for over-the-counter consumer health products.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 15, 2025
Distribution Industry News

VF to Sell Dickies Brand to Bluestar Alliance for $600 Million

Dickies, founded in 1922, is a mainstay in industrial and construction settings and widely worn by employees and contractors across distribution.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 15, 2025

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Distribution Industry News

ADS Buys NDS for $1 Billion to Broaden Distribution Reach

The combination gives ADS access to new channels while deepening its position in existing markets.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Raises $750 Million in Debt Offering to Support U.S. Growth Strategy

The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, which could include investing in technology and distribution expansion.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

C&S Wholesale Groceries completes SpartanNash acquisition

SpartanNash, which had been publicly traded before this deal, generates two-thirds of its revenue from its wholesale segment.
  • Don Davis
  • September 23, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Footwear Industry Warns Supreme Court Tariff Case Could Raise Prices, Cost Jobs

Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), said the industry now pays nearly $5 billion annually in tariffs.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Office Depot Parent Company to be Acquired by Private Equity Firm

As retail has declined, Office Depot has put an emphasis on its ODP Business Solutions.
  • Don Davis
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Specialty Building Products to Acquire OrePac

The move marks another step in SBP’s strategy for expanding through acquisitions of strong regional distributors.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 22, 2025
Distribution Industry News

TopBuild Pivots Toward Commercial Growth as Housing Slows

CEO Robert Buck said TopBuild is expanding beyond its traditional focus on residential construction.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Amazon to Raise Wages and Expand Benefits for Frontline Workers

The move may force distributors to accelerate pay reviews, invest in automation to reduce dependence on manual labor.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Olin to End Mitsui & Co., Ltd. JV, Reshaping EDC Supply for Distributors

For distributors that depend on EDC as a key feedstock for Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), this strategy change could mean fewer buying windows.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 19, 2025
Distribution Industry News

McKesson Restructures Business to Sharpen Focus on High-Growth Segment

The company said it will now be organized around four core reportable segments.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Arrow Electronics Appoints Bill Austen Interim CEO as Sean Kerins Exits

Austen previously led Bemis Company, a global manufacturer of flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive materials, as president and CEO.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Raymond Capital Management Acquires Mesa Fastener

Mesa Fastener supplies more than 10,000 types of commercial threaded fasteners to industrial customers across the U.S. Southwest.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 18, 2025
Distribution Industry News

GSK’s $30 Billion U.S. Expansion Poised to Reshape Pharma Distribution Networks

The investment move will reverberate through pharmaceutical and healthcare distribution networks, which have faced persistent supply chain disruptions.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Sharpens Strategy Around Nonresidential Growth, High-End Residential Push

Ferguson is expanding early-stage collaboration with engineers and contractors and broadening its portfolio to include process equipment solutions.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

U.S. Industrial Output Edges Higher in August but Distributors Remain Cautious

What it means for distributors: Purchasing is likely to remain choppy, with strength clustered in auto-related accounts and mining.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 17, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Kojo Secures $10 Million Investment from Wesco, Expanding Construction Tech Platform

Wesco’s investment signals growing interest among major distributors in partnering with digital platforms that can modernize how contractors plan and execute projects.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Ferguson Ends Fiscal Year with Strong Q4 Sales Increase

For the full fiscal year ending July 31, Ferguson reported sales of $30.76 billion, up 3.8% from $29.64 billion last year.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Performance Food Group Opens Information-Sharing Talks with US Foods

PFG said its board and executives had recently met with several major shareholders to discuss strategic options before holding discussions with US Foods.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 16, 2025
Distribution Industry News

Cardinal Health Opens 350,000-Square-Foot Consumer Health Logistics Center

The facility is purpose-built as a centralized replenishment hub for over-the-counter consumer health products.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 15, 2025
Distribution Industry News

VF to Sell Dickies Brand to Bluestar Alliance for $600 Million

Dickies, founded in 1922, is a mainstay in industrial and construction settings and widely worn by employees and contractors across distribution.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • September 15, 2025
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