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A small stir was created recently at the edges of the industrial distribution industry by Wal-Mart Stores. In a transaction said to involve more than $300 million, Wal-Mart's Sam's Club [...]

Metal service centers are once again involved in market-wrenching consolidations. For buyers: More uncertainty ahead. An uncertain metals market is the least of the problems facing metal service centers-and the [...]

Purchasing departments may have to accept longer supply delivery leadtimes during 1997 and, perhaps, during 1998. Some materials and commodity leadtimes, such as lead, have already begun to increase. According to Purchasing magazine's aggregate Leadtime Index, leadtimes have lengthened from 89 in September 1996 to 96 in April 1997.

The polyethyelenes (PE) markets have seen some downward pressure in the last few weeks. Buyers and analysts are reporting falling prices. And most sources predict a continued downward trend through [...]

THE PERCENTAGE OF BUYERS WHO SAID PRICES ARE INCREASING WAS DOWN CONSIDERABLY IN AUGUST, according to Purchasing's business survey. Only 29% of buyers say prices were increasing, compared to 56% [...]

Electronics buyers can expect distributors to emphasize value added and supply chain management services and to improve Web-based electronic commerce capability in 2000. More consolidation also is likely. Distributors say [...]

One of the strongest links in the American supply chain over the past 50 years has been the industrial distributor. Companies that take title to products, inventory them and then [...]

Distributors are still placing bets that value-added services and new products will drive growth in 2004. About 29.5% or $5.6 billion of the Top 75 electronic distributors' sales were derived [...]