Ferguson attended trade shows and got some wholesale orders.

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On May 29, the company lifted that suspension and was again accepting orders from its independent wholesale distributors.

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Yost started out in this business 28 years ago, writing orders for pharmacies after joining his wife's family wholesale drug business, Kauffman-Lattimer.

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On it are compiled dozens of financial metrics, like cash position, production, orders, head count, and, most important, retail sales and wholesale shipments.

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The balance between retail sales and wholesale inventories is critical because it allows us to gauge whether consumer activity is sufficient to spur future inventory orders.

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