The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in San Antonio, TX. Our schedule was chockerblock full with meetings with distributors and manufacturers. In fact, over the 2 1/2 days of the meetings, we didn’t have a break for our typical […]
Now this is a face that many of us know (and yes, you know the rest of the phrase) And if you don’t know him from this wonderful photo, it is Pat Schrager, VP Global Distribution for Panduit. But think […]
Just returned from the NEMRA meeting which was held in Boston. And the powers above looked over NEMRA as the weather was great for winter in Boston (it’s snowing there today but last week was blue skies!). The meeting was […]
The SNEAK PEEKYesterday Trade Service announced that they are bringing out an “eDataFlex Service Console (TM)” for their existing customers. We’ve heard from several clients that Trade Service has been working on this FREE Service Console for several months (maybe […]
Sonepar, one of the largest global electrical distributors, recently released some information about its 2010 results, and they are very encouraging. Enough so that the company, globally, intends to grow organically as well as through acquisition (as it recently did with its […]
Every distributor we’ve spoken with in the last couple of months has been talking about the rise in copper. While historically copper declines in December and January, slowly rising in February, this year, as everyone knows, has been much different. […]
Recent news that HD Supply sold one of its electrical divisions in Canada brings a number of possibilities. Since they sold to Sonepar, Sonepar is obviously looking for acquisitions. Reportedly others were interested. We don’t know who, but do know […]
Last week we received an email from Mike Martin, publisher of TED magazine, that he is leaving NAED on February 11 to become the President and CEO of the National Wood Flooring Association. Mike was with NAED for 14 years, […]
With the stroke of a tax pen, will businesses migrate? On January 13, 2011 Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a tax bill that effectively raises personal and business taxes on all that live in the state. What was the old […]
Tonight President Obama gave his State of the Union speech. The various political pundits will each have their own spin, but we thought we’d let you take a different tack with the commentary.While much was said (or not said, depending […]
