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All the latest reporting and analysis from Distribution Strategy Group.
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EMS Acquires American Metals Supply to Expand Aluminum Distribution Footprint
AMS, founded in Tampa, Florida, distributes aluminum products used in industrial, structural, and architectural applications.
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Home Depot Q1 Sales Rise 4.8% as Pro Demand Helps Offset Weak Consumer Spending
Professional contractor demand remained a more stable part of the business, supported by Home Depot’s continued expansion into specialty trade distribution through SRS Distribution.
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The AI Divide in Wholesale Distribution Is Widening Faster Than the Industry Realizes
Distribution Strategy Group’s Best Practice Series is built around one principle: distribution executives do not need more content. They need a structured forum to pressure-test strategy against what peers and the data are actually showing.
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Why Distributors Are Still Leaving Money on the Table with CRM
Despite so many businesses having a CRM in place, results remain underwhelming. Why? Because CRM is often installed, not implemented.
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How Distributors Lose Profit Opportunity Before an Order Is Even Placed
The real risk and opportunity live upstream: in how quotes are profiled, built, priced, and delivered.
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A Noted Author Launches Practical Operations Guide for Distribution Professionals
Each chapter closes with a Monday Move, a single concrete action the reader can take the following week. Quinn said the structure was deliberate.
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Ace Hardware Antitrust Lawsuit Raises Questions About Pricing Data Sharing as Q1 Sales Surge
According to the complaint, Ace used its software and analytics platforms to exchange pricing, transaction, and sales information among thousands of stores nationwide.
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DSG to Reveal First AI Top 50 Ranking of Wholesale Distributors
The AI Top 50 creates the distribution industry’s first public benchmark measuring which distributors are deploying AI at scale and which are still in the pilot stage, giving executives a clearer competitive yardstick for technology investment, operational strategy and market positioning
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Veritiv Expands Packaging Distribution Business with Orora Acquisition
Veritiv said the acquisition adds Orora Packaging Solutions’ network of packaging manufacturing, distribution and visual merchandising operations across the U.S. and Mexico, along with 3,000 employees
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HPE Restructures Global Distribution Around Ingram Micro, TD SYNNEX
The company described the move as the next phase of its distribution strategy following the Juniper acquisition, which combined two large distributor networks and created an opportunity to streamline operations globally