A look at key market shifts that industrial equipment & supply companies need to consider for the rest of 2008

Please join Tom Gale, publisher of Modern Distribution Management (MDM), for his views on what industrial equipment and supplies wholesalers need to consider as they plan for the rest of the year. Tom has produced industry-leading newsletter and online information service MDM since 1992 and researched significant trends across many vertical industries within the wholesale sector. In addition to regularly speaking at many distribution association meetings, Tom has also co-authored "Stand Out From the Competition! Four Pathways to Differentiate Your Wholesale Distribution Company", with Dr. William R. McCleave, Jr., published in 2003 by the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors.