During the second half of 2012, Schneider Electric experienced a number of changes driven by a consolidating industry. While two of its competitors (ABB and Eaton) expanded their product offerings and distribution reach through acquisitions of T&B and Cooper Industries […]
While we were unable to attend the NAED Western due to client commitments, we did receive some input from some of our friends: Attendance was strong, albeit no one seemed to know why (other than people wanting to go to […]
2012 ended with, as expected, a number of acquisitions, however, they weren’t the deals that everyone expected.Earlier in the fall there was much discussion amongst larger independents and national chains and many expected a number of bigger ($100M+) deals to […]
Welcome back from the holidays. We hope everyone was able to spend time with family and we wish all of our readers a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.And with a new year we thought we’d share some crystal ball […]
As we close out 2012 we wanted to thank you for your readership, support and comments. Through today we’ve had: Almost 9600 readers visit the site over 21,000 times and read almost 53,000 pages while our subscriber list continues to […]
Something to catch us up a little … a little Reader’s Roundup covering recent (and pending) acquisitions which may accelerate in generating announcements between now and the end of the year, Sonepar’s internship program, apps for electricians (which could be […]
Over the past week I ran across a few examples of low tech and high tech marketing initiatives that may be worth exploring. The ideas come from Platt Electric, Kirby Risk, Walters Wholesale and US Lamps (a small distributor in […]
The week before Thanksgiving NAED held its Eastern Region conference in Hollywood (Ft Lauderdale), Florida. Due to travel and the holiday it was not possible to share our observations and some of the conversations we had, so … According […]
As many know, the scope, and business dynamics, of the Canadian electrical marketplace is different than here in the States. A couple of key benchmarks: The Canadian market is “ballparked” at about 10% of the electrical spend in the US […]
Almost a week has passed since the election and either you’re done celebrating or commiserating. We now know that the chessboard of federal politics hasn’t change but we can all hope that somehow the next four years are more productive […]
David Gordon
Channel Marketing Group
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