Last week IMARK Electrical and AD finalized their merger and the Independent Electrical Supply Division (IESD) of AD was born. Both organizations shared a press release, and letters to suppliers and service providers authored by Bill Weisberg, where they shared […]
Everyone wants growth and loyalty. While companies strive to achieve this with quality products, service, and people (relationships), frequently the role of incentives to drive growth and/or engender loyalty come into play. I’ve been involved in the incentive industry since […]
Monday seemingly was just another day in the electrical industry … with acquisitions and mergers being announced. This time it was two acquisitions, which makes three in two days and, by my recollection, sixteen (yes, 16) in the past 60 […]
Within the past couple of year’s Sonepar USA set an objective of $1 billion per OpCo (operating company). Whether the goal came from corporate or from US headquarters, the company is well on its way to achieving its goal in […]
While there may be only eight days left to the national mid-term elections, there are only 60 days remaining to determine who will own a number of electrical distributors. While Rexel initiated the second half of the year acquisition run […]
AD announced today that Karen Baker, formerly of Horizon Solutions, will be the new President of its US Electrical division. Baker replaces David Kinsella who left AD earlier this summer and recently joined Hammond Power Solutions as their Chief Commercial […]
Earlier this afternoon we learned that Dave Kinsella, president of AD’s Electrical Division in the US is leaving the organization. According to an email sent from Marisol Fernandez, President, Electrical & Industrial Business Unit to members and suppliers at 3:00pm, […]
The first quarter saw a number of industry acquisitions and, while individually they highlight company growth initiatives, collectively they signal a trend that could be transformative for the industry … an industry divide driven by size. Yes, the big are […]
Turtle & Hughes, the 15th largest electrical distributor according to Electrical Wholesaling, is leveraging its eCommerce reach to solicit business in the healthcare market. According to a recent press release, the company has joined Premier, a healthcare purchasing organization as […]
At ElectricalTrends we primarily cover the United States but we know we have a number of readers from Canada and our postings are frequently redistributed by Canadian Electrical Wholesaler and Electro-Federation so the recent news regarding AD and their Canadian […]
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