ITR Economic’s Trend Talks: Rising Indicators versus Rising Cases

ITR Economics hosts a short, weekly podcast about economic trends, both good and bad. This week, Economist and Speaker Connor Lokar revealed which industries are seeing some positive leading indicators, and which industries should expect a slower recovery.
Distributors Shed Covid But Prepare For Other Potential Crisis In 2022-23

Last year’s momentum carried over into a strong first half of 2022 for many distributors. But a mishmash of headwinds and tailwinds reveal uncertainties for the rest of the year and into 2023, economist Brian Lewandowski and MDM’s Tom Gale discuss in a new webcast.
Nam Outlook Survey: Manufacturers Stay Positive Despite Recession Returns

Persistent and strong demand help U.S. manufacturers remain doggedly optimistic for the future, despite growing concerns around inflation and the growing specter of another recession. That’s according to the National Association of Manufacturers’ latest outlook survey on its members, released mid June.
Donna Hoppe Joins Rivet|mro As Project Manager

As a project manager, Donna will be leading projects through initiation, research and implementation of marketing initiatives. Rivet|MRO’s project managers work in close collaboration with their business partners as well as their team members. Her leading responsibilities will be managing multiple marketing initiatives simultaneously and of varying complexity.
9 Tips For Writing Subject Lines That Work For Manufacturers (And Distributors!)

On average, 33 percent of recipients open emails based on its subject line, so it’s incredibly important to get it right — because even the most enticing email in the world won’t matter if the reader ignores it.
Economic Growth To Continue Through 2022

The U.S. economy, along with the manufacturing sector, will continue to expand for the rest of 2022, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the Spring 2022 Semiannual Economic Forecast. This expansion is expected despite continued inflation and geopolitical unrest.
How to Attract Buyers in the Modern Business-to-Business Market

Business-to business marketing has evolved rapidly in the last few years as digitization has changed the way buyers and sellers interact with each other. The pandemic and social distancing standards have only sped up the process.
Ad Industrial & Safety- Us Celebrates Record Growth

The AD Industrial & Safety-U.S. division celebrated its record growth during the group’s 2022 Spring Network Meeting. In his opening remarks, AD chairman and CEO Bill Weisberg noted that net distributions to AD members grew by 49 percent to $1.12 billion in 2021. Join Rivet|MRO in reading about this exciting growth for AD Industrial and […]
Kayla Merkle Joins Rivet|mro As Summer Marketing Intern

RIVET|MRO WELCOMES KAYLA MERKLE AS SUMMER MARKETING INTERN LAKE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI– Rivet|MRO is pleased to announce that Kayla Merkle has joined the firm as their summer marketing intern for 2022. “We are thrilled to have Kayla join our team this summer as our marketing intern. We are excited to see what she will bring […]
2022 Social Media Marketing Industry Report

Wondering how other marketers are using social media? Want to be sure you’re on the right path? Find out what thousands of professional marketers plan to do with their organic activities, video marketing, and ads over the next year in the 14th annual Social Media Marketing Report written by Social Media Examiner, Michael Stelzner. Inside […]