WASHINGTON - The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) completed a survey of its largest members and found that 67 percent of respondents intend to increase their workforce this year. On average, the companies responding to the survey plan to in-crease their number of employees by 4.7 percent.
According to NAW, 58 of the nation's largest wholesaler-distributors with collective annual sales of $177 billion participated in the survey, which was conducted in early March.