Building the trans-Canada XL oil pipeline obviously would accelerate Canadian crude shipments to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries.

Education is something that never goes out of style.

Remember that most of the slow/no movers were initially purchased because there was demand or someone thought there would be demand.

Express Pipe & Supply recently hired 25-year plumbing wholesale industry veteran Shel Dail as operations manager.

Young joined Legend in 2013 as Illinois territory manager. Prior to joining Legend, Young was a sales representative based in Michigan where he sold residential and commercial plumbing and PVF products

NOW operates primarily under the DistributionNOW and Wilson Export brands and stocks and sells energy products, as well as products for industrial applications.

Roska primarily will focus on business development and will continue to oversee the company’s sales initiatives. Roska has been with United for 37 years.

The 2014 Wholesalers Association of the North East Executive Leadership Conference was held on June 11-13 in Cambridge, Mass.

How do you make sure you have such a plan?

Appointees periodically meet in Washington and correspond electronically on a regular basis.