This month has been an interesting one as a content provider for the Industrial Channel and keeping up with the Tariff news has been a daily occurrence. We published a column in our sister ElectricalTrends.com publication this week that we wanted to share with our Industrial Supply Trends Readers. There are some tariffs we know (China, imported steel and aluminum) and then … [Read more...] about Copper, Steel, China and More About Tariffs
Industry Insights
Fastenal Investor Day Insights – Opinion
Fastenal Investor Day Slide - March 13, 2025 One of the biggest stories I have been writing about this past year has been on Business transformation, and on the very large end of the distribution demographic landscape, perhaps no company exemplifies long-term, wholesale change than Fastenal. Yesterday on March 13th Fastenal held a close to 6-hour Investor Day presentation … [Read more...] about Fastenal Investor Day Insights – Opinion
Pricing on Your Industrial Website
Warning … there are solutions to help you break through paralysis! We wanted to share this article and add takeways and comments. Dimtry Kon founder of Access Development Solutions who helps Channel Marketing Group Trends publications with our ecommerce initiatives and content at CMG. The Online Pricing Challenge It’s fascinating to watch distributors tackle digital … [Read more...] about Pricing on Your Industrial Website
MSC Industrial Series Parts 2 & 3 Overview
In our distributor series in collaboration with Modern Distribution Management we covered the "big" changes a leading distributor - MSC Industrial has been making to continue their journey from a "spot buy" distributor to a "Mission Critical" distributor. In Part 2 and Part 3 of the series we dove deep in MSC's digital programs and mission critical initiatives. Behind MSC’s … [Read more...] about MSC Industrial Series Parts 2 & 3 Overview
Opinion: Industrial Tariff talk – Tips on how to prepare for wherever the market goes
This month has been an interesting one as a content provider for the Industrial Channel. We have been writing, crossing out, rewriting on the impact of tariff battles between the US, Canada, Mexico and China. We had a number of articles ready to publish then had to hit the stop button to react to another announced change. We have tariffs go from the "Let's get ready to … [Read more...] about Opinion: Industrial Tariff talk – Tips on how to prepare for wherever the market goes
