Beaulieu doesn’t think the U.S. and China are close to a trade deal that would reduce or eliminate tariffs. The two countries “can’t even agree on a ‘little’ moonwalk of walking back tariffs in a Phase 1 deal.”
Tag "stafda"
December 10
04:47
2019
Knowlton said his sales career “blossomed” once “my customers and distributors became my friends and my business partners as we grew together.”
December 10
03:19
2019
The 43rd annual Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association Convention & Trade Show included more than 4,900 attendees and 690+ booths, CEO Georgia Foley announced.
December 10
01:40
2019
Participants at the Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association’s NextGen Networking luncheon received advice from business executives.
November 19
02:34
2019
In some ways, small distributors are similar to the original 13 colonies, according to STAFDA President Sean Baird.
March 04
18:10
2019
Norton|Saint-Gobain Abrasives North America sales & marketing VP Glenn Knowlton will present the Associate State of the Industry address during the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association’s 43rd annual convention & trade show in Nashville. Country music duo Big & Rich will open the event.
December 10
01:47
2018
“Low paid salesmen are expensive,” CPA tells STAFDA. “High paid salesmen are cheap.”
December 10
01:30
2018
Song was written for the 2017 Specialty Tools & Fastener Distributors Association convention as a tribute to the trades, but multiple members have put it on their websites, executive director Georgia Foley announced at the 2018 convention.
November 13
10:23
2018
Offsite construction is on the rise and Bill Sisto predicted to the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association that contractors will partner with prefab companies.
November 12
10:36
2018
Social media consultant tells STAFDA that 74% of buying now begins online before talking to any salesperson.
November 12
06:00
2018
STAFDA president: One lesson from competing with Amazon and other major players “is the idea that we win when our customers win, or Mr. Bezos’s now famous mantra ‘it is all about the customer’.”
November 06
11:30
2018
STAFDA president: One lesson from competing with Amazon and other major players “is the idea that we win when our customers win, or Mr. Bezos’s now famous mantra ‘it is all about the customer’.”
September 24
13:11
2018
The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association Tech Fair with 24 companies will be its largest – with six new participants. The October 28-30 trade show is expected to be 660 booths.
August 27
12:16
2018
Booth space and hotel rooms are nearly sold out for the 42nd annual Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association convention will be October 28-30, 2018, at the Phoenix Convention Center.
August 07
18:36
2018
International Fastener Expo events begin on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. The trade show will be 9am to 4pm on Wednesday and Thursday. Advance discount registration ends September 15.
June 26
10:44
2018
The 42nd annual Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association convention will be October 28-30, 2018, in Phoenix.
June 18
13:49
2018
STAFDA members’ sales increase comes despite construction starts being down 7% from 2017 Q1, according to Dodge Data & Analytics Report.
March 26
17:27
2018
Sisto of G-Strut will give the Associate’s speech and St. John of IBS Inc. will give STAFDA president’s annual State of Distribution address at 42nd annual convention.
February 26
11:24
2018
STAFDA president is “fiercely committed to building long-term, mutual-profitable relationships with our customers, employees and suppliers.” Instead of badgering for a lower price, St. John said the mutually better approach is to ask, “What do I need to do to get a better price?”
December 12
06:37
2017
In his Associate State-of-the-Industry address, Joe Smith of Metabo Power Tools / North America said “revolutionary technological innovation & development are driving the cordless trend.”
