Last Thursday, Rexel held an Investor Day in Lyon, France. During this meeting, Rexel updated analysts, and probably other investors on its 2010-2012 growth strategy.The report can be found, and downloaded, here. And coincidentally, Rexel announced today that it is […]
As many electrical distributors are planning for 2010 to be flat, if not slightly down, there remains an area of hope for distributors who are pursuing green / energy efficiency initiatives. Consider: Wesco, which successfully conducted 7 energy summits for […]
Electrical distributors have been hearing about solar, and other renewable energies, for a couple of years. Most have avoided the market and at the same time, many solar manufacturers have shied away from distributors, preferring instead to sell direct or […]
In a challenging / uncertain market, it’s always nice to have customers who publicly commit to spending money. We’re not talking about commercial or residential projects, but renovation opportunities.An aspect of the market that continues to provide opportunities is the […]
As distributors seek niche opportunities to capture any amount of business, many are turning to what is perceived as one of the few growth areas … energy efficiency.The energy efficiency market has a number of components and sub-segments. Two areas […]
A little bit of an “around the industry” to get the week started: IDEA is going through some personnel changes (and interestingly, just before its E-Biz Forum). After over 35 years in the industry, the last seven as IDEA’s Director […]
In other words, a little bit of everything to end the week! August marks ElectricalTrends’ two year anniversary. During this time we’ve had over 28,195 visits resuting in 39,241 page views from 13,525 unique visitors (all numbers are according to […]
Lately the lighting world has been in the news. Some recent articles of note: TCP has announced that it is going to offer its own branded line of CFLs, putting them in direcvt competition with the Big 3 for CFLs […]
•Energy efficiency remains a market that represents opportunity for electrical distributors. The key is understanding how to pursue it and targeting efforts. •Over the past couple of months a number of new energy efficiency incentive programs have been developed by […]
The recent NAED Electrical Leadership Summit (aka NAED Annual or National) was one of the quietest conferences we’ve been to in a while. While attendance was 50-60% below recent annual meetings, and was more like a regional meeting (the number […]
