Articles by Kelly Faloon

Portland, Ore.-based Familian Northwest bought Plumbers Supply Co. (Salt Lake City), headed by CEO Earl Zarbock, effective Aug. 1.

A driver at the Pelham, Ala., branch of Ferguson Enterprises, accused of killing three men, pleaded innocent by reason of mental disease at his arraignment.

An employee at the Pelham, Ala., branch of Ferguson Enterprises was charged with three counts of capital murder after two co-workers were shot Aug. 5 at their office and a third person was shot at a gas company where the suspect used to work.

McDonnel & Miller, a unit of ITT Industries, received a National Award for Sustainability in the Pollution Prevention category from Renew America and the President's Council on Sustatinable Development.

Training inside sales reps means going back to the drawing board and teaching them the fundamentals.

Leep's Supply is leaping ahead of its competitors with its innovative Web site.

The American Supply Association is telling its wholesaler and manufacturer members to stop talking about e-commerce and "just do it."

The concept of future success molded by today's decisions is inherent in the newest report, "Facing the Forces of Change: Four Trends Reshaping Wholesale Distribution," issued by the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributor's Distribution Research and Education Foundation and Arthur Andersen. The report is the fourth in a series on the state of wholesale distribution.