Industry Reports & Research

Industry Reports & Research

CDA strives to offer targeted education, reports and research to help members strategically
grow their businesses. Topics range from controlling expenses, increasing profit, financial benchmarking,
recruiting, retaining members and more.

 

CDA Hershey Industry Performance Analysis (HIPA) Report

 

This annual financial benchmarking report equips business owners with the tools to address critical business questions with unprecedented ease, speed, and accuracy.

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Profit Improvement Reports

 

This annual financial benchmarking report equips business owners with the tools to address critical business questions with unprecedented ease, speed, and accuracy.

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Employee Compensation Study

 

This report, offered every other year, is a powerful cross-industry study of compensation and benefits programs at wholesale distribution companies across the country.

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Financial Performance in Distribution

 

This report analyzes the profitability and operational statistics for distributors in twenty-eight different lines of trade in order to help distributors understand the change in financial performance across all of distribution and for their specific industry as well.

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