Channel Register

Ingram goes consumer with distributor buy

DBL, you're money

Free whitepaper – Why email fails

Ingram Micro is upping its consumer electronics business with the purchase of US distie DBL Distributing Inc.

Ingram is paying $96m for DBL, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. It said the buy was evidence of two trends; convergence of business and consumer technologies and the increasing importance of retailers.

DBL claims 30,000 US retail customers and carries 17,000 products. It employs 350 people and turned over almost $300m in 2006. It runs on an operating margin twice as good as Ingram's core distie business.

Ingram expects the deal to add slightly to profits for the year.

Full press release is here.®

Free whitepaper – Exchange 2007 risks and mitigation strategies

Don’t Miss

Pirates ahoy!Sign up, sign up for The Register IT security newsletter

Narrowcasting for the email classes

SunFormer top Sun exec mourns end of a franchise

Watermelons, Elton John, and killing SGI

HTC Touch Diamond 2Win an HTC Touch Diamond2!

Reg Lucky Draw Last call for iPhone botherer promo

thumbs down teaser 75Disties braced for autumn reseller collapses

Is that why they call it fall?