The energy efficiency topic, and opportunity, is never far when discussing the economy and the electrical industry. And the news, and outreach endeavors by distributors and manufacturers, continues. In some instances it is about identifying ways to generate revenue, in […]
Over the past few days we’ve made some enhancements to ElectricalTrends. We’ve Added functionality on the home page so you can see the most recent comments Courtesy of Egret Consulting, we’ve added a number of new career openings on the […]
Interested in what contractors are thinking throughout the country? What market segments do they think will grow? What product applications represent opportunity? What other product categories should distributors carry? This and more is available in our 2010 Contractor Insights Report […]
On this Memorial Day weekend we wanted to wish you: An enjoyable weekend with friends and family A safe weekend, especially if you are traveling A scrumptious barbeque on Monday (isn’t that the American pastime?) Welcome to in the informal […]
Looking for verification that the small contractor is being hurt the most in this recession, consider this: Home Depot, which derives 30% of its revenues from “pro” customers says that these customer sales are down low single digits now and […]
With commercial construction in the doldrums, distributors seeking revenue, and profit, opportunities are looking to diversify their business and asking the question “What percentage of my overall market do I have?” and then asking “What segments could I effectively, affordably […]
As many know, NAED held it’s 2010 National Electrical Leadership Summit this past weekend. There were about 83 distributor companies represented and 74 manufacturer companies. While the distributor attendance improved, it seemed like the manufacturer number declined, especially small to […]
Over the last few weeks we have noticed some trends and reported that a number of companies are pro-actively seeking ways to help their customers save money and connect.Our focus is normally on hard good products, but recently we have […]
A little bit of a reading roundup before this weekend’s NAED Leadership Summit. Recently there has been array of news from 3M, GE, Home Depot, Rexel, Square D, Datalliance, CED and Hilti to get us going (or at least cause some […]
Given the dramatic decline in industry revenues over the past 18 months, many have wondered when consolidation will occur and are surprised that they haven’t seen more than a few. We agree, and from talking with a number of potential […]
