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Three distributor success stories in different channels – steel, industrial-paper/jan-san and fluid power – are profiled in a new book by distributor consultant Bruce Merrifield.

Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 were $636.9 million, an increase of 4.1% (5.7% on an average daily sales basis) over net sales of $612.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2012.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health declared September 5 (9/5 - get it?) as N95 Day.

Grainger recently launched its new advertising campaign, “Get it. Got it. Good.”

With the NSC back in Chicago this year, the venue of my first show in 1975, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on my time in the safety industry.

Evidence suggests that companies are struggling to use older workers to their full potential, according to a survey from professional services company Towers Watson.

While consolidation, channel proliferation and personal protective equipment (PPE) vending trends continue to shape the industrial distribution landscape in 2013

Now that the economy has rebounded for some, does that mean there will be more mergers and acquisitions?

Airgas, Inc., one of the nation’s leading suppliers of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and related products, reported sales and earnings results for its first quarter ended June 30, 2013

Arbill, a Philadelphia-based provider of workplace safety products, services and training, gives back to communities in need.