Walters Wholesale, a sister company of CED and USESI, is running a “unique” promotion at its two San Diego branches. We say “unique” as we know of a couple of companies that ran similar promotions years (and years) ago but, […]
Earlier today the convergence of the ballast industry and e-commerce hit my inbox. Note: Unfortunately when I searched Whois.net I mistyped “ballasts” and forgot the “s”. www.ballast.com is owned by Philips Lighting and www.ballasts.com is hosted by www.bluehost.com but the […]
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had a number of conversations with manufacturers and distributors about “e” and inevitably the conversation comes around to Amazon Supply (AS) and Google’s Shopping for Suppliers (GSS) program.But first, a couple of things […]
Okay, so we talked about imitating others and how that may, or may not be, an effective growth strategy and yes, according to Nike, everyone wants to be “like Mike”, but here’s an idea from Grainger that may generate some […]
We’ve all heard, and seen, how LEDs are taking over the lighting space. We’ve seen lighting manufacturer strategies … and they all focus around selling fixtures with LEDs in them. And we’ve heard how LEDs are so much more efficient […]
The revolution has begun…look at it in your hand…it started out as a mobile phone. It is now a cell phone that exchanges data from different platforms and allows you to make decisions while on the move.From years back, distributors […]
On June 4th Trimble announced the purchase of Trade Service Corporation. To some this announcement will be just another time that TSC has changed hands. But there is more to this purchase than many realize. This is a major business focus […]
Here’s an interesting little tidbit on HD Supply.The company has a call center that currently has 230 people. They are moving it to a town called Santee, which is in Florida. This makes Santee the point for sales tax, which […]
Earlier this month we met with distributors and manufacturers at the NAED Annual in Boston. Reportedly over 700 people registered for the conference (doubtful all attended). The layout of the hotel (multiple lobbies, Marriott Copley doesn’t have the easiest layout […]
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 […]
