subject: Top 10 Companies in the US Wholesale and Distribution Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010 [print this page] This databook provides estimates of IT spending for the top 10 companies in the US Wholesale and distribution industry. The databook is a comprehensive source of IT spending by company, including assessment by technology and channel. The databook also provides information on the IT contracts of these companies where available.
Scope
*The top 10 companies in the US wholesale and distribution sector in terms of IT spending
*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies
*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies
*Details of IT services contracts by company where available
Highlights
The top 10 companies in the US wholesale and distribution industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on hardware, a segment that accounted for about 27% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on services and software.
Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 35% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies. BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. remained the leading companies in terms of IT spending, followed by A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. and W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Reasons to Purchase
*Gain insight into IT budget breakdown of top10 companies in US wholesale and distribution industry and identify notable areas of allocation
*Identify organizations with top IT expenditures in your target markets
*Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics
Table of Contents :
OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
LIST OF FIGURES 4
LIST OF TABLES 6
INTRODUCTION 9
Reasons to purchase 9
Definitions 9
US WHOLESALE AND DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 12
Overview 12
Estimated spending by technology segment 14
Estimated IT spending by channel 16
BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC. 18
Budget overview 18
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., estimated spending on IT 19
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 23
A-MARK PRECIOUS METALS, INC. 25
Budget overview 25
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., estimated spending on IT 26
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 30
W.W. GRAINGER, INC. 32
Budget overview 32
W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated spending on IT 33
W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 37
UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC. 39
Budget overview 39
Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated spending on IT 40
Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 44
CORE-MARK HOLDING COMPANY, INC. 46
Budget overview 46
Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc., estimated spending on IT 47
Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 51
UNIFIED GROCERS INC. 53
Budget overview 53
Unified Grocers Inc., estimated spending on IT 54
Unified Grocers Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 58
UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC. 60
Budget overview 60
United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated spending on IT 61
United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 65
BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC. 67
Budget overview 67
BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated spending on IT 68
BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 72
AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY 74
Budget overview 74
AMCON Distributing Company, estimated spending on IT 75
AMCON Distributing Company, estimated IT spending by channel 79
ACETO CORPORATION 81
Budget overview 81
Aceto Corporation, estimated spending on IT 82
Aceto Corporation, estimated IT spending by channel 86
