Top 10 Companies in the US Wholesale and Distribution Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010

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
APPENDIX 88
Methodology 88
Further reading 89
Disclaimer 90

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Top ten companies in the US wholesale and distribution Industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 12
Figure 2: Top ten companies in the US wholesale and distribution Industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 14
Figure 3: Top ten companies in the US wholesale and distribution industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 16
Figure 4: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 19
Figure 5: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 21
Figure 6: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 23
Figure 7: A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 26
Figure 8: A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 28
Figure 9: A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 30
Figure 10: W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 33
Figure 11: W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 35
Figure 12: W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 37
Figure 13: Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 40
Figure 14: Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 42
Figure 15: Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 44
Figure 16: Core-Mark Holding Company, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 47
Figure 17: Core-Mark Holding Company, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 49
Figure 18: Core-Mark Holding Company, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 51
Figure 19: Unified Grocers Inc., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 54
Figure 20: Unified Grocers Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 56
Figure 21: Unified Grocers Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 58
Figure 22: United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 61
Figure 23: United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 63
Figure 24: United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 65
Figure 25: BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 68
Figure 26: BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 70
Figure 27: BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 72
Figure 28: AMCON Distributing Company, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 75
Figure 29: AMCON Distributing Company, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 77
Figure 30: AMCON Distributing Company, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 79
Figure 31: Aceto Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 82
Figure 32: Aceto Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 84
Figure 33: Aceto Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 86
Figure 34: Research methodology 88

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Definitions: IT segments and sub segments 10
Table 2: Definitions: channels 11
Table 3: Top ten companies in the US wholesale and distribution Industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 13
Table 4: Top ten companies in the US wholesale and distribution Industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 15
Table 5: Top ten companies in the US wholesale and distribution Industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 17
Table 6: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 18
Table 7: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 18
Table 8: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 20
Table 9: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 22
Table 10: BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 24
Table 11: A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 25
Table 12: A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 25
Table 13: A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 27
Table 14: A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 29
Table 15: A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 31
Table 16: W.W. Grainger, Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 32
Table 17: W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 32
Table 18: W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 34
Table 19: W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 36
Table 20: W.W. Grainger, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 38
Table 21: Unisource Worldwide, Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 39
Table 22: Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 39
Table 23: Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 41
Table 24: Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 43
Table 25: Unisource Worldwide, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 45
Table 26: Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 46
Table 27: Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 46
Table 28: Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 48
Table 29: Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 50
Table 30: Core-Mark Holding Company, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 52
Table 31: Unified Grocers Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 53
Table 32: Unified Grocers Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 53
Table 33: Unified Grocers Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 55
Table 34: Unified Grocers Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 57
Table 35: Unified Grocers Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 59
Table 36: United Natural Foods, Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 60
Table 37: United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 60
Table 38: United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 62
Table 39: United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 64
Table 40: United Natural Foods, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 66
Table 41: BlueLinx Holdings Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 67
Table 42: BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 67
Table 43: BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 69
Table 44: BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 71
Table 45: BlueLinx Holdings Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 73
Table 46: AMCON Distributing Company, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 74
Table 47: AMCON Distributing Company, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 74
Table 48: AMCON Distributing Company, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 76
Table 49: AMCON Distributing Company, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 78
Table 50: AMCON Distributing Company, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 80
Table 51: Aceto Corporation, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 81
Table 52: Aceto Corporation, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 81
Table 53: Aceto Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 83
Table 54: Aceto Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 85
Table 55: Aceto Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 87