The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) board of directors unanimously voted to issue a resolution emphasizing the importance of manufacturer-provided net pricing and enriched product data, including photos, in the Industry Data Warehouse (IDW2).
Southern Wholesalers Association is offering a Profit Enhancement Institute Feb. 8-10 at the Westin Atlanta North at Perimeter in Atlanta, intended to provide high performance management tools and techniques for owners/ principals, branch managers and mid- and upper level managers in the wholesale distribution industry.
Wolseley plc (Reading, England) parent company of Ferguson, announced that one of its European subsidiaries, PBM, signed an agreement to acquire MSCO from Jean-Marie Le Sellin, Annie Le Sellin, Michel Nadaud and Annie Nadaud.
North Central Wholesalers Association will host a “Wholesaler Profitability” seminar on Feb. 21 at the Holiday Inn Dayton/Fairborn, OH, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring Neil Gillespie of Channel Marketing Group.
Ferguson (Newport News, VA) promoted Bill Tavenner to director of Commercial-Industrial Business Group at headquarters, where he will be responsible for the strategic development, growth and direction of the commercial and industrial business across the country.
As part of a performance award, MIFAB, a manufacturer of engineered plumbing products, and the Buffalo-based Schaefer Plumbing Supply Co., took a group of more than 50 key customers and employees to an Oktoberfest event held in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
American Granby, an OEM redistributor of accessories to the water well, pool and spa, turf irrigation and plumbing and heating markets, has begun construction of a 113,000-sq.-ft. distribution center.
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