Industry Insights
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Redefining Professionalism: A Closer Look at Wholesale Distribution
Regardless of how we got here, what many of us discovered is a career that offers more than just selling and moving boxes.
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Staples Enhances Warehouse Management Across U.S. Fulfillment Centers
This initiative is a key part of the company’s ongoing efforts to modernize its supply chain.
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Uline Proposes $120 Million Distribution Center Expansion
This proposed building is a key part of Uline’s larger logistics network strategy, which focuses on establishing centralized, high-throughput distribution hubs.
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Leading with Purpose in the Age of Automation
In logistics, we track everything: fill rates, dock turns, labor ratios. But leadership? That’s harder to quantify.
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U.S. Supply Chains Stabilize Amid Slower Growth and Rising Costs
While supply chain conditions are stabilizing, distributors face a landscape of subdued growth and rising costs.
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Will The Tariff-Driven Increase in Wholesale Sales Fade in The Months Ahead?
This advance buying could result in lower sales for distributors later in the year, but that could be offset by economic growth.
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Industrial Distributors Respond to U.S.-China Tariff Reductions
For now, the consensus among leading industrial distributors is clear: remain agile and double down on supply chain visibility.
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Zoro Expands Fulfillment Partnership with Tigris
Zoro, which offers more than 11 million products for business and facilities maintenance buyers, continues to focus on expanding its assortment and fulfillment capabilities,
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The Warehouse is My Classroom: Why Teaching is a Logistics Superpower
The warehouse is more than a place where goods move. It’s a place where people grow.
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ADI Delivers 29% Revenue Growth as Resideo Navigates Tariff
For the second quarter of 2025, Resideo expects revenue between $1.805 billion and $1.855 billion.
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Grainger Takes Measured Path Through Tariff Turmoil
Grainger has not yet seen meaningful tariff-driven customer demand shifts.
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How Distributors Can Navigate Tariff Impacts and Protect Margins
Distributors can quickly test multiple mitigation strategies and identify the most effective path.
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Hillman Grows Sales in Q1 as Tariff Concerns Grow
Hillman Solutions Corp. reported modest revenue growth in the first quarter of 2025 but saw a sharp decline in free cash flow and warned of tariff-related headwinds for the remainder of the year. Net sales rose 2.6% year-over-year to $359.3 million, up from $350.3 million in Q1 2024. The company posted a net loss of…
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Global Industrial Warns on Tariff Risks
Global Industrial Co. reported better-than-expected earnings in the first quarter, highlighting improved margins, disciplined spending, and growth in key strategic accounts—despite flat revenue and mounting pressure from newly enacted tariffs. For the quarter ending March 31, 2025, net sales declined 0.7% year over year to $321.0 million, down from $323.4 million in Q1 2024. Operating…
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Economic Worries Cloud Wholesale Trade Outlook
Experts say there’s a disconnect between sentiment and the hard data.
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Tariffs Make It Hard for Distributors to Know If the Price Is Right
Distributors share how they’re responding to the uncertainty.
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How MRC Global Turns Tariffs into a Growth Lever
CEO says tariffs are working in MRC’s favor.
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Motion Holds Firm in First Quarter 2025 Amid Tariff Headwinds
Motion’s sales fall slightly in the quarter.
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Fastenal Ramps Up Tariff Response with Sourcing Shifts and Targeted Price Hikes
CEO provides update in latest quarterly call.
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How to Build Resilience Into Your Inventory Planning
Distributors need to better plan for uncertainty.