Recently Graybar has opened a few locations and has announced that more are on the way. Crescent opened its 8th in Montana (I know, surprised you too that Montana had 8 electrical distribution outlets!) and others are opening new locations […]
As every distributor knows, LEDs are the future of lighting and are significantly impacting many lighting industry dynamics – from whom you buy from to what you stock (and how much of it) to pricing to the concept of cannibalizing future sales […]
Solar, Wind, and LEDsWe’ve all watched as the promise of solar offered many so little return. Soylandra comes to mind as a Government hand out that went astray. Many question just exactly what is in the low cost panels that […]
The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace. And while Caesar’s is a very nice hotel, especially if you like gambling, and it is perfect for large conventions (the AD North American Meeting was there […]
Channel Marketing Group, in conjunction with Electrical Wholesaling and EC&M, recently surveyed electrical contractors and other buying influences in the industrial, institutional and influencer markets on their outlook for 2013 as well as their service satisfaction with electrical distributors.The results, which have been over-viewed in […]
Channel Marketing Group, in conjunction with Electrical Wholesaling and EC&M, recently surveyed electrical contractors and other buying influences in the industrial, institutional and influencer markets on their outlook for 2013 as well as their service satisfaction with electrical distributors. The […]
During the second half of 2012, Schneider Electric experienced a number of changes driven by a consolidating industry. While two of its competitors (ABB and Eaton) expanded their product offerings and distribution reach through acquisitions of T&B and Cooper Industries […]
2012 ended with, as expected, a number of acquisitions, however, they weren’t the deals that everyone expected.Earlier in the fall there was much discussion amongst larger independents and national chains and many expected a number of bigger ($100M+) deals to […]
Welcome back from the holidays. We hope everyone was able to spend time with family and we wish all of our readers a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.And with a new year we thought we’d share some crystal ball […]
As we close out 2012 we wanted to thank you for your readership, support and comments. Through today we’ve had: Almost 9600 readers visit the site over 21,000 times and read almost 53,000 pages while our subscriber list continues to […]
