Ewing Foley, Inc. (EFI), a leading manufacturers’ representative firm covering 21 states from the West coast and Pacific Northwest through the Rocky Mountain states and down through the Southwest, announced the appointment of Andrew Walter as Vice President of Commercial […]
Last week Nexans spent $800 million to enter the US electrical distribution wire / cable business with their acquisition of Republic Wire. This week we start with the news that Hubbell made the largest acquisition in many years, sending $3 […]
NSI announced that it expanded its partnership with Atlanta-based Bishop & Brogdon, Inc. for Florida. The agency had been representing NSI’s entire portfolio in Georgia, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. “Bishop & Brogdon has consistently demonstrated remarkable growth year after […]
Recently Forward Solutions, best known as Electris360 in the electrical industry and the firm that owns ElectroRep, RB Sales and Fields Electrical Sales, acquired Sales Lane, a California manufacturer rep firm. Forward Solutions’ ElectroRep Acquires, Integrates, Sales Lane According to […]
Ready for a new entrant in the wire business? Meet Nexans. Nexans, worldwide a leader in the wire and cable industry and a name mentioned in the US but a niche player, is entering the market via the acquisition of […]
Following its acquisition of the permanent lighting portion of Topaz from Southwire, Halco Lighting has been reviewing its rep network and making, in many cases, the hard decision of which independent manufacturer representative to go to market within each territory. […]
Thinking about AI is a step towards thinking about innovation and growth of a business. Investing in the technology infrastructure of a company is necessary, and also scary. For this reason, many owners prefer to be conservative and settle for […]
I have interviewed various manufacturer representatives and how they assess their manufacturers and the state of manufacturer / rep relationships. Let me preface this by saying, all also shared that they have some manufacturers that they have great relationships with […]
Over the past month or so I’ve noticed a number of manufacturers who have changed reps since NEMRA. It’s interesting timing as you would think that this would occur at the end of the year with companies reviewing their reps […]
POS, defined as “place of sale” rather than “point of sale” to protect distributor customer privacy should be important to every distributor that operates a CDC or an RDC because it may cost you money … if the manufacturer does […]
