Editorial Director Mary Jo Martin gives you an inside look at the year's hottest industry events through unprecedented coverage of shows like Network ASA, PVF Roundtable, HARDI and more! Visit our new On the Road convention videos page for more footage. |
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The Front Page For the 38th year, we present the Wholesaling 100 listing, your best resource for the biggest players in the plumbing, heating, cooling and PVF distribution industry in the U.S. and Canada. The listing is packed with valuable information, and you’ll want to keep this issue handy the entire year.
In The News
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Updated for July on 07/14/2010
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A. O. Smith leverages sponsorship to create brand loyalty It’s not often that the worlds of golf and music come together, but Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish fame has orchestrated a perfect blend — the Monday After the Masters. Rucker launched the ... >> More |
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HD Supply executives share insight on their organization In 2000, when The Home Depot announced their acquisition of Atlanta-based Apex Supply Company, owned and operated by the Rodbell family, it generated a great deal of shock and speculation ... >> More |
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Service, attention to detail at core of JCR Distributors Originally founded in Dallas in 1982, JCR Distributors has achieved success in this industry by helping customers deal with and solve inventory problems that arise. JCR’s goal is to develop brand loyalty by ... >> More |
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Reel Pipe & Valve epitomizes family-owned PVF distribution In this rapidly changing economic age of corporate expansion, consolidations and globalization, the independent multi-generational, family-owned pipe, valve and fitting distributor stands out like a ... >> More |
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Software as a Service gives Small-scale distributors a leg up It is no secret that wholesalers, regardless of size, face even more challenges than conventional business people. As margins gradually erode, consolidation increases and international competition ... >> More |
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Don’t be a ‘best-kept secret’ A couple weeks ago I visited my son Joe at college. We were headed for dinner at one of the national chain restaurants that encircle the campus and discussing how very few people, in our industry and in ... >> More |
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Increase sales volume, profits and speed up the product ... One of the best showroom selling tools is the Pre-Printed Showroom Long Quotation Forms. This form is used by most of the successful plumbing wholesalers and DPH-type showrooms across ... >> More |
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Listening to the right customers When I was managing a large facility in Denver, I would get all sorts of goofy product requests from the sales team. Since Denver was a new territory for our company, the sales team was not steeped in ... >> More |
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America’s entrepreneurship makes U.S. industry unique Despite a preponderance of obstacles facing the pipe-valve-fittings sector, as well as other aspects of America’s business and industry, the manufacturers, distributors, end-users, mechanical contractors. ... >> More |
