Last week ABB announced the completion of its acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions. The division is now part of ABB Electrification and is called ABB EPIS (Electrification Products – Industrial Solutions). The $2.6 billion deal was announced last September and […]
Recently two well-known rep agencies in the Gulf Coast area, JD Martin and The Schell Company, “merged”. JD Martin Co, has locations in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Oklahoma City and didn’t change. The Schell Company changed its name to Schell Martin […]
Could True Value’s new ownership model be a opportunity for independent distributors and their marketing groups? Many have asked about the future of marketing groups. While IMARK is a cooperative and according to Bill Weisberg a couple of years ago, […]
The proverb “March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb” was in full swing last week … weather-wise and for the electrical distribution industry. Last week saw the east coast’s second northeaster snow storm and while […]
GE has been in the news for many of the wrong reasons over the past couple of years and it looks like it will continue to be for the next few years as it begins its dismantling. The first to […]
As the year comes to an end this month has brought changes to a number of key manufacturers which may stem from a common factor. Additionally, 2018 product and lighting sales performance outlooks are being shared that we thought may […]
Recent news of Prysmian winning the General Cable sweepstakes brings a close to the auction of the business that was started this summer as both have benefited from higher copper prices … and hopefully that helped General Cable optimize its […]
Just before Thanksgiving we attended the NAED Eastern Region conference which was held at the Marriott Tampa Waterside (which is a good hotel for this meeting). The Eastern kicked-off the 2018 NAED Regional Conference schedule. The meeting had a reported […]
Electrical distributors have few ways to benchmark their performance versus competition other than talking to peers. AD’s increased transparency provides some insight into the performance of a group of independent distributors, Graybar shares some high level insights that sometimes can […]
As earning season continues we continue to review analyst calls. Some interesting, some blase, but … And this time we have input from the distribution equipment / controls space – Schneider Electric, Eaton and news from Emerson. Emerson The blockbuster […]
