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David Gordon

Gordon is president of Channel Marketing Group. Channel Marketing Group works with manufacturers, distributors, manufacturer reps and technology companies in the electrical industry to help companies accelerate their performance through strategy development, marketing creativity and market research. CMG generates ideas that generate results.




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Southern Region Sales Manager – UPDATE – FILLED
David Gordon Posted On June 29, 2015


Topaz Lighting and Electric is looking for a Regional Sales Manager-Southern Region.  Reporting to the National Sales Manager, this position manages all selling activities of Topaz’s Lighting and Electrical products through electrical distributors while increasing sales, building brand awareness, and […]


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Territory Sales Manager Positions (Metro NY, NJ/PA) – UPDATE – FILLED
David Gordon Posted On June 29, 2015


Topaz Lighting and Electric is looking for two Territory Sales Managers.  One Territory Sales Manager for the Metro NY territory and one for the New Jersey/Pennsylvania territory.  Reporting to the VP of Corporate Business Development, this position manages all selling […]


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Sonepar – a $10 Billion Distributor?
David Gordon Posted On June 24, 2015


Last week came news that another independent distributor was sold to Sonepar.  Eck Supply, a 20+ location distributor in southern VA, NC, SC, after selling their Rockwell location to EECO, sold the remainder of the company to Sonepar.  Perhaps it […]


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Is it time to hit the reset button?
David Gordon Posted On June 17, 2015


We’re at that time of year. The doldrums days of summer. The time when it gets hot and many people naturally become a little more “laisse faire.” When we use the excuse of mid year, summertime, the July 4th holiday, […]


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Boosting performance at your Webstore
David Gordon Posted On June 10, 2015


“Webstore Performance” One of the most sought after answers is how do you get performance at your Webstore front? Most distributors don’t have good enough data in their erp systems to run a Webstore. So the question becomes how do […]


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What Can Distributors Learn From A National Chain?
David Gordon Posted On June 7, 2015


National chains, as we now, are large (by definition) and have the resources to theoretically make investments to capture share. In reality many of them, fortunately or unfortunately, do not operate like national entities. Rather than emulate a national retailer […]


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District Sales Managers (South Tx / LA, Florida) – FILLED
David Gordon Posted On June 3, 2015


Flir is looking for a District Sales Manager for South Texas / Louisiana and one for Florida (based in Orlando or Tampa).  Reporting to the regional sales directors, this position will create demand for FLIR and Extech products in the […]


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Does “big data” scare you?
David Gordon Posted On June 3, 2015


Over the past couple of years there has been much discussion regarding “big data” and “data analytics”, especially making it sound like analyzing information is a novel idea. Part of it is, part isn’t.  Progressive companies have analyzed information for […]


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Strategic Marketing Position – Manager, Industry Marketing – FILLED July 22
David Gordon Posted On June 1, 2015


      Responsible for development and execution of marketing programs, materials and analyses in support of the Industrial, Energy and Datacomm initiatives across all company brands. Primary Duties:  Manage the development and execution of marketing programs for the Industrial, […]


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Can you spell … Disintermediated?
David Gordon Posted On May 28, 2015


That was the subject line of an email received this morning from a distributor.  The body of email had a link: http://creesolutions.com/Solutions/NoHassles. Which started a thought process of: Is this really disintermediation when there are a number of lighting manufacturers who […]


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