NAW Publishes 2006 Distributor Outlook

John Wolz

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors released its Outlook 2006, a collection of insights from 11 analysts, authors, professors and consultants.

Topics include strategic planning, increasing value to investors, improving employee relations, strengthening manufacturer/distributor relations, changing sales force, branding, communications, technology, customer profitability data and outsourcing logistics.

NAW is a federation of more than 100 wholesale distribution national and regional associations and thousands of individual firms that collectively total more than 40,000 companies. Web: naw.org/outlook2006 �2005 FastenerNews.com