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Looking Forward for 2021
David Gordon Posted On January 6, 2021


January 1 marked the turning of the calendar and with it we think “a new year.” 2020 was an “interesting” year. Few, if any, recall the first 75 days of 2020 and the promise, or concerns, that ushered in the […]


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2020 Winding Down, ElectricalTrends’ Top 10
David Gordon Posted On December 29, 2020

Happy New Year's from Channel Marketing Group

2020 is winding down and we’d like to thank you for your readership of ElectricalTrends. This year we had over 113,000 page views, which represented a 10% increase over 2019. Lots of different topics were covered through over 90 new […]


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Learning from 2020
David Gordon Posted On December 27, 2020


Twas the night after Christmas and all was a hush. Dinner clean-up was easier and there wasn’t a rush. While Corona entered 2020 with a rush, its everlasting impact cannot be crushed with a Mexican flush of the same name […]


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eCommerce, yes, it is here to stay
David Gordon Posted On December 21, 2020


Yes, I know, it is not a revelation that it is no longer a fad. Just check your front door. Something is keeping FedEx, UPS, and USPS very busy this year. While eCommerce was trending to become more integrated into […]


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NEMRA Goes Big with 2021 Annual Meeting; Fights for PPP Deductions
David Gordon Posted On December 14, 2020

NEMRA 2021 Conference

With the dramatic surge in COVID, last month NEMRA pivoted from its planned, 2021 face-to-face annual meeting planned for Orlando (that already had over 500 registrants), to a virtual conference. And unlike conferences in every industry that seem to reduce […]


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Rexel Seeks to Be More Connected in Northeast
David Gordon Posted On December 14, 2020

Rexel Market Update

In an effort to strengthen its New England business, and be more connected to the customer base, Rexel announced two initiatives. Zone Management Model Rexel USA Northeast has announced a shift to a Zone Model structure for its New England Rexel and […]


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Schaedler YESCO Culture Creates Happy Workplace
David Gordon Posted On December 7, 2020


You may remember the famous Philip Drucker phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast”? You’ve also heard that people leave bosses. Further, bosses are the ones that drive the culture of a company. So, if you want the best people, you […]


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Q4 Pulse of Lighting & 2021 Outlook
David Gordon Posted On December 7, 2020


With COVID rampaging across the country, infections and hospitalizations up, leading distributors are reporting they are dealing with staffing disruptions and that business activity is good, which hopefully is good for the lighting market. In a year when in April […]


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Southwire Adds to Board, Two Tied to Electrical Industry
David Gordon Posted On December 3, 2020

Southwire

Southwire, ostensibly the US’s electrical distribution wire and cable leader, announced that it added four people to its board of directors. The four individuals are: Karen Carter, Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Inclusion Officer for Dow Richard Holder, formerly […]


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Power Plays: ABB, Rockwell, Schneider (+Graybar) Info
David Gordon Posted On December 2, 2020


Companies involved in the power distribution space have recently made a number of announcements that we thought were newsworthy: ABB At its recent Investor Day meeting, ABB’s CEO announced the plan to divest of three business units.  One is from […]


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