With Labor Day passing we get ready to look towards the end of the year (only 71 working days left), taking a breath (101 days to Christmas), closing the year strong and planning for 2027! But, before we leave Q3, […]
With Labor Day passing we get ready to look towards the end of the year (only 71 working days left), taking a breath (101 days to Christmas), closing the year strong and planning for 2027! But, before we leave Q3, […]
As you’d expect, the electrical market continues to change. Forget about the macro-economic dynamics and the geopolitical implications that trickle down and impact the business, let’s just think about some things occurring in the business. The data center market. Yes, […]
Did you ever get the feeling that costs rise but the value proposition doesn’t change. Or you sense that you’re over spending? Or perhaps you know that someone hasn’t had the time to review “the pennies and nickels” that, when […]
So, you thought the lighting market was flat? It may be, however, the residential custom integration market seems to be alive and well. In 2023, CEDIA conducted a study and estimated that this is a $30 billion smart home market. […]
For many companies, growth this year has come from mega-projects (data centers or industrial facilities) or the rise in commodity prices. The question, as you start your planning process, is “have you taken share at your accounts?” This is then […]
It has been a busy year for Halco. At the end of last year, they acquired the permanent lighting business from Topaz, which was owned by Southwire. Since then, they have had to make decisions in a number of territories […]
Back almost 30 years ago when the original 20 distributors and 20 manufacturers came together to form IDEA, the goal was to reduce operating costs, which was defined as reducing errors in data when it was communicated between the two […]
Last summer Yusen and ABB initiated change in the New England market that sent ripples across the market. The two parted ways. This then created line-up changes for a number of agencies as Yusen picked up lines to replace ABB, […]
There’s lots of change going on in the industry, at all levels of the channel. Contractors are consolidating and being bought by each other and PE firms, manufacturers are buying each other (Hubbell and NSI, Prysmian and Atkore to name […]
People of a certain age, or who watch syndicated television sitcoms, may remember a show called the Jeffersons and, at the mention of the name they get a visual remembrance but, more importantly, get transported back to the opening theme […]


David Gordon
Channel Marketing Group
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