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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.




Productivity  / Technology
Speed of Your Business
David Gordon Posted On August 20, 2012


Your Business Speed You might think this is a heck of a time to explore the speed of your business as for many, sales are regressing. But the fact of the matter is that more and more evidence among reporting distributors shows […]


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Industrial Market  / Industry Consolidation  / Marketing
Into Controls?
David Gordon Posted On August 15, 2012


The controls industry has attracted much attention from electrical distributors over the past couple of years – whether it be industrial controls, lighting controls or building controls. Lighting Controls:  As many know, Leviton acquired HAI (Home Automation Inc) which many […]


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Distributors  / Growth Strategies  / Logistics
Amazon Pick-up Service
David Gordon Posted On August 9, 2012


Earlier this week there was an article in the WSJ regarding a new Amazon service called Amazon Locker Delivery.  The concept is pretty simple … allow customers to pick up their orders at a convenient location. The concept is the […]


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Distributors  / Industry Consolidation  / Industry News
Sonepar Prepares, Rexel Falls and CDR Stocks Up
David Gordon Posted On August 8, 2012


Some industry tidbits ….Sonepar, according to a banking announcement, recently was the beneficiary of a euro private placement.  Societe Generale and AXA were able to get “some” of their clients to invest / loan money to Sonepar.  No word on […]


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eBusiness  / eMarketing  / Marketing  / Productivity  / Technology
The Pervasiveness of Technology in Today’s Distributor
David Gordon Posted On August 3, 2012


Recently I was with a distributor client preparing to assist in developing their strategic plan. The conversation turned to the role of technology within distribution. For most distributors the technology conversation turns to discussing ERP systems (Eclipse, Infor’s SX) and […]


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Branding  / Distributors  / eBusiness  / Growth Strategies  / Industry News  / People in the News  / Pricing  / Training
Kirby Risk, Graybar, Rexel, ElectricSmarts, WESCO and More Reading RoundUp
David Gordon Posted On July 30, 2012


In last week’s Reading Roundup we shared some information from Graybar, WESCO, Sonepar and Codale.  To start this week we’re sharing more info on WESCO and Graybar and adding in some Kirby Risk, Rexel, ABB/T&B and ElectricSmarts. Kirby Risk – […]


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Branding  / Distributors  / Industry News  / Lighting  / Lighting2  / Marketing Groups  / Profitability  / Technology
Market Updates – WESCO, Graybar, Sonepar, Codale
David Gordon Posted On July 25, 2012


How about a little Reading Round-Up for the week … a collection of information we’ve found on some of the industries major players:WESCOWESCO announced it’s Q2 earnings last week. Some interesting points (from Zacks as well as the call and […]


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Industry News
2nd half forecast
David Gordon Posted On July 24, 2012


Recently we’ve spoken with a number of distributors, manufacturers and some reps regarding their second half outlook.  Unfortunately, it’s not anything to write home about.As many may remember from the last issue of Electrical Wholesaling, Herm Isenstein (DISC), wrote that […]


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Distributors  / Industrial Market  / Industry Consolidation
Independent Rockwell Distributors Gaining an EDGE
David Gordon Posted On July 11, 2012


As reported in trade publications late last month, a group of 11 independent Rockwell distributors have formed a separate organization, called EDGE, to enable them to compete more effectively for global opportunities.The endeavor, under development for well over a year […]


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Advocacy  / Associations  / Customer Segments  / Industry News
Uncertainty + Intransigents Could = Politically Induced Recession?
David Gordon Posted On July 9, 2012


I’ve been debating for a month or so about whether I should write this posting or not but, as the continued dripping of economic data comes out and healthcare has been ruled “legal”, I thought “let’s give our readership the […]


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