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Warehousing by Industry

From independent mom-and-pop shops to the largest traditional and e-commerce retailers in the world, PD connects brands and products, service and support to more than 20,000 sales, service and retail customers and 100,000+ online consumers across the United States.

Warehousing by Industry Leader

Outdoor Power Sales and Service

The traditional mass market retail industry is composed of a small group of very large nationwide suppliers that maintain brick and mortar establishments to retail affordably priced products that appeal to a wide variety of consumers. Within the top 10 mass market retailers by revenue, general merchandise retailer Wal-Mart, and home improvement retailers The Home Depot and Lowes together maintain over 9,000 conveniently located warehouse-style or superstore retail locations across the U.S.

Hardware

While dominated by a very small group of very large general merchandise mass retailers, the online retail industry is also composed of a great many smaller specialty retailers. It is a rapidly growing sales channel that includes ecommerce destinations for traditional brick-and-mortar establishments, one-to-many auction sites, online marketplaces, discounters, and online-only sales destination. Traditionally order fulfillment has been from company owned and warehoused inventory, but increasingly companies are choosing to utilize consumer drop shipment services through a secondary source for order fulfillment.

Equipment Rental

The turf and grounds care industry is composed of individuals, organizations and governmental entities engaged in professional landscape care and grounds maintenance services for households, commercial properties and municipal green spaces. The industry includes a great many local independent operators, commercial operators employed by municipalities, schools and other governmental organizations and a few large national organizations.

Traditional Mass Retail

The traditional mass market retail industry is composed of a small group of very large nationwide suppliers that maintain brick and mortar establishments to retail affordably priced products that appeal to a wide variety of consumers. Within the top 10 mass market retailers by revenue, general merchandise retailer Wal-Mart, and home improvement retailers The Home Depot and Lowes together maintain over 9,000 conveniently located warehouse-style or superstore retail locations across the United States.

Online Retail

While dominated by a very small group of very large mass retailers, the online retail industry is also composed of many smaller specialty retailers as well. It is a rapidly growing sales channel that includes ecommerce locations for traditional brick & mortar establishments, one-to-many auction sites, online marketplaces, discounters, and online-only sales. Traditionally order fulfillment has been from company owned and warehoused inventory, but increasingly companies are choosing to utilize consumer drop shipment services through a secondary source for order fulfillment.

Turf & Grounds Care

The turf and grounds care industry is composed of individuals, organizations and governmental entities engaged in professional landscape care and grounds maintenance services for households, commercial properties and municipal green spaces. The industry includes a great many local independent operators, commercial operators employed by municipalities, schools and other governmental organizations and a few large national organizations.

Farm & Agriculture

The farm and agriculture supply industry is composed of general merchandise retail establishments typically specializing in farm and ranch supplies including livestock, equine and pet care, lawn and garden maintenance supplies, home improvement supplies, outdoor power equipment and outdoor sporting, hunting and fishing supplies. Primarily regional with a few larger national companies, the stores may range in size from small hardware store-like formats to larger warehouse-style stores.

Vocational Education

Vocational education is an educational track designed to train students for specific jobs often in the trade, mechanical, agricultural and technical fields. Vo-Ed is taught at many levels including middle and high school, post-secondary and adult education, with degree track programs often provided through technical schools and community colleges. Due to the highly specialized technical and mechanical nature of the training, programs are generally taught through a blend of classroom and hands-on learning which require specialized and expert assistance in the development of curricula and the acquisition of the appropriate tools, equipment & learning aids.

Forestry

The forestry industry is composed of arborist, pruning and clearing services, overhead utility line maintenance providers, logging and other general commercial timber and residential forestry services and the retail establishments that supply them with the finished goods, accessories, maintenance parts, repair services and training that support industrial, commercial and residential tree cutting activities.

Powersports

The powersports retailer industry is composed of establishments primarily engaged in the retailing and servicing of motorcycles, golf carts, off-road all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, utility trailers and associated accessories, and maintenance and service repair parts.

Original Equipment Manufacturing

The OEM supply industry acts as a primary source of parts and components to OEM for use in the fabrication and production of finished goods. Purpose-built and application matched engines, engine components and parts are supplied to non-automotive engine-powered equipment manufacturers serving many industries including marine, lawn and garden, construction, work site, snow removal and motorsports.

Industrial and Construction Fields

This encompassing industry includes retailers, suppliers and providers of a variety of construction trade products and services including work site supply, equipment sales, electrical service and supply, and roofing and plumbing service and supply. It also includes industrial parts and products supply for large, heavy industries such as mining, oil and gas production and utilities and infrastructure construction and maintenance.