'distribution industry' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the industry of distributing products or services. For example: "The distribution industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world today."
Airgas has floated to the top of the industrial gas distribution industry by buying up more than 400 companies since its founding in 1986, according to Hoover's.
Alstom makes components for the energy distribution industry.
"We are sympathetic to the problems confronting the content distribution industry," said the report, "Promoting Innovation and Economic Growth: The Special Problem of Digital Intellectual Property".
"There is constant downward pressure on parcel carriers which they can only deal with by economies of scale," said one distribution industry source.
The Manchester Evening News quotes Bolton-born dragon Hilary Devey, who made her millions in the distribution industry launching Pall-Ex.
"In the last year, the convenience store has become an indispensable part of the mosaic that is electronic commerce," said Kenyu Adachi, director of the distribution industry division of the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
By far the biggest chunk – £37bn – went to oil and gas extraction, refining and distribution industries, with a further £2.5 billion to fossil fuel electricity generation.
It provides the infrastructure for consumer demand — especially in neglected distribution industries such as wholesale and retail trade, domestic transportation and supply-chain logistics.
The material adverse change clause, which requires something significant to change, specifically ruled out "changes affecting any or all of the wholesale distribution industries for construction" and "general financial or capital market conditions, including interest rates or currency exchange rates".
It is unclear, however, whether they would have grounds to make such a claim; the agreement of the banks to finance the deal specifically says that neither "changes affecting any or all of the wholesale distribution industries for construction" nor "general financial or capital market conditions, including interest rates or currency exchange rates" would constitute a material adverse change.
Vehicle routing problems (VRPs) have a significant role in logistics and distribution industries.
