Distributors Continue To Excel

The surprise with this year's Top 100 Distributors is that there was no downturn. With all of the economic difficulties and harsh realities and stock market woes, guess what? Distributors found a way to maintain revenue.

The Top 10 distributors on this year's list posted combined total sales of $1.23 billion, an increase of $55.5 million or 4.7 percent over last year. These same companies reduced their combined workforce by 846 people, increasing sales per employee from $249,148 to $319,481.