Of those companies that had survived the early 1950s only half remained after the loss of such a large distributor.

For reasons of commercial survival, the emphasis soon changed to providing front-end technology to larger distributors.

This led to the group being picked up by larger distributors so that their albums were able to reach a wider audience.

The company became one of the nation's five largest distributors of industrial electronic components and production supplies.

Competition was intense between the large distributors, and prices overall were forced down.