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Industry Reports & Benchmarking

Know where the channel stands — and where it's headed

Confidential channel research, Annual Meeting sessions from the industry's leading analysts, and a monthly economic outlook from ITR Economics — the benchmarking data OPEESA members use to plan with confidence.

Channel research

A confidential look at channel health

Commissioned by OPEESA and shared with members only — not published or distributed outside the association.

OPE Channel Research Report: Stable but FragileDistribution Strategy Group, for OPEESA — August 2026A 202-respondent survey plus dealer, distributor, and manufacturer interviews on channel health, private-equity pressure, and what's reshaping outdoor power equipment distribution through 2031.
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2026 Annual Meeting sessions

Six sessions on where the industry is headed

Evergreen presentations from OPEESA's 2026 Annual Meeting, kept here for members to revisit year-round.

Signals from the Channel: What Is the Optimal OPE Model?Ian Heller, Distribution Strategy Group — keynote on channel profitability and inventory strategy.
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What Sets the Outdoor Power Equipment Industry ApartMatt Chaffin, Industry Insights, Inc. — 10 years of OPE distribution data measured against broader industry benchmarks.
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ITR Economics' Outlook for 2026 and Early 2027Connor Lokar, ITR Economics — GDP, inflation, and housing trends, plus strategy for tariffs and rising costs.
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Rethinking Inventory: Smarter Strategies for a Changing Market2026 Annual Meeting session — economic order quantity, reorder-point math, and Texas A&M's ABC inventory stratification method for ranking SKUs by profitability, presented as a way to cut total inventory by up to 50% while improving margins.
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Themes of 2026Brian Wild, Chief Government Relations Officer, NAW — congressional gridlock, tariff policy, Extended Producer Responsibility rules, and the workforce and supply-chain pressures distributors should watch this year.
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Integrating into the Intelligence AgeNick Pericle, Founder & CEO, Tenexity — how AI has changed in the past year and practical ways distributors can put it to work in their own businesses, from analyzing ERP data to everyday workflows.
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Monthly economic outlook

ITR Economic Portal

Every month, ITR Economics publishes an outlook covering the leading indicators that matter most to distributors and manufacturers — GDP, inflation, housing starts, and industrial production — so members can plan inventory, staffing, and capital spending against real trend data instead of guesswork.

Economic Update — September 2026Latest
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