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Home Depot Connects SRS, GMS to Broader Pro Growth Strategy
Home Depot is combining SRS, GMS, outside sales, digital tools, and faster delivery to pursue larger professional customers and capture more of their spending.
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Applied Industrial Targets $7 Billion as Automation, M&A Drive Growth Strategy
Applied is positioning itself around plant modernization, robotics, artificial intelligence, infrastructure investment, and rising demand for technical support, while using acquisitions to add capabilities and cross-selling to push those capabilities deeper into its existing customer base.
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BlueLinx Gains Market Share Through Specialty Products, Supplier Partnerships and Digital Transformation
BlueLinx’s strategy centers on expanding its higher-margin specialty products business while reducing its dependence on more volatile commodity building materials.
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Graybar Reports Record Second-Quarter Sales and Profit as Growth Strategy Gains Momentum
For the first six months of 2026, net sales increased 12.1% to $7.1 billion from $6.3 billion in the same period last year, while net income climbed 25.7% to $300.5 million from $239.1 million.
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AlarMax Expands Logistics, Training Capabilities with New Fulfillment Center and Innovation Lab
The investments reflect a broader shift in specialty distribution as security, access control, networking and audiovisual systems become more integrated and technically complex.
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Wesco Expands Beyond Distribution as AI Infrastructure Reshapes Growth Strategy
Wesco emphasized that the company’s strategy is evolving from supplying products into data centers to supporting the entire AI infrastructure ecosystem.
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Watsco Shifts Growth Strategy to Technology, Acquisitions as HVAC Market Stabilizes
One of Watsco’s newest initiatives is SupplySync.com, a platform launched during the second quarter to serve large institutional customers.
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BlueLinx CIO Praveen Gautam to Headline Atlanta AI Forum with Inside Look at Distributor’s AI Transformation
In a keynote fireside chat titled “The CIO’s AI Playbook: What BlueLinx Learned Building an AI-Ready Distribution Operation,” Gautam will discuss the infrastructure, data strategy and technology investments underpinning the company’s AI transformation.
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Sysco Details Restaurant Depot Growth Strategy, Sees Rebound in Local Business
The company expects to generate $250 million in annual cost synergies through procurement and payment processing savings while reiterating that the integration will not include workforce reductions.
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Cencora Doubles Down on AI, Specialty Care and Physician Networks as Growth Strategy Evolves
One of the company’s newest initiatives is the deployment of artificial intelligence tools within customer support operations. Cencora said the technology is helping improve service consistency, issue resolution and customer visibility across its network and will be expanded more broadly throughout the organization.