More recently, it announced plans to acquire AVS Technologies, an independent distributor of consumer electronics in Canada.

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Electronics distributor Avnet this morning reported better-than-expected profits for its fiscal fourth quarter ended July 2.

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Tech Data shares are trading sharply lower Tuesday after the electronics distributor posted disappointing profits for the fiscal second quarter ended July 31.

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As noted in an earlier post, the electronics distributor this morning reported strong results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended July 2, while providing slightly disappointing guidance for the first quarter.

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The former CEO of Arrow Electronics, a distributor of computer products, Kaufman now teaches innovation courses at Harvard's Business School with Forbes.com columnist Clayton Christensen.

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Jaina Mobile, once a large distributor for phones made by rivals Samsung Electronics Co.

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During their monthly consulting sessions in the early 1970s, Peter Drucker and Mort Mandel, the then-CEO of electronics and auto-parts distributor Premier Industrial Corp.

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The former CEO of Arrow Electronics (nyse: ARW - news - people ), a distributor of computer products, Kaufman now teaches innovation courses at Harvard's Business School with Forbes.com columnist Clayton Christensen.

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