Purchasing

The shakeout goes on
Protestations to the contrary, the industrial distribution industry continues the shakeout begun in the early 1990s. Like the shakeout in retailing that preceded it in the 1980s, the industrial distribution shakeout has hit hardest at medium-sized and regional operations. Many have merged with larger operations or simply gone out of business.

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