Reading the November 26 issue of Time magazine yesterday was very coincidental. During a day when one is with family and presumably thankful and happy, the cover story article described the “average American.” Additionally, they devised a “happiness” index for […]
As promised, some feedback from the last day at the NAED Eastern, and observations about the conference. The final day consisted of the one-on-one meetings and the mad dash to the airport for many. Luckily customs was easy (no line!! […]
Busy couple of days here at the NAED Eastern, with more meetings today, but we wanted to share some thoughts and observations Attendance appears to be about 600 with 74 distributor companies registered The economic mood appears to be a […]
The greening of America is gaining lots of visibility. Over the past few months a number of corporations have pledged to reduce their carbon footprint, NBC spent significant money last week with original programming to gain awareness, and Monday’s Wall […]
2008 is setting up to be an interesting year. With what appears to be a slow growth economy, increasing fuel costs, challenges in finding qualified labor, continued manufacturer and distributor consolidation, green/energy efficiency opportunities and more, it appears to be […]
In mid-September we wrote about the possibility of contract manufacturers eventually reaching out and creating their own brands / going direct (read the post). Two announcements this week displayed their intent. HTC, a manufacturer of cell phones and other electronics […]
Much has been said about the need to accelerate the benefits of the IDW. One of the areas most needed is participation by small to medium sized manufacturers. Without them it is difficult for distributors to further drive costs out […]
As reported by Electrical Marketing, Sigma Electric, an OEM supplier to a number of name brand manufacturers in the electrical industry recently received a significant investment from Goldman Sachs.The company, an Indian manufacturer of fittings in zinc, iron, copper, transformer […]
In case you haven’t heard, Universal Lighting Technologies was recently sold. The announcement, “Littlejohn & Co. has agreed to sell Universal Lighting Technologies Inc. to Matshusita Electric Works Ltd. No financial terms were disclosed. Universal Lighting designs and manufacturers lighting […]
Historically many manufacturers, after reviewing their current year performance, will send out 2008 price increase notices in November/December, and then send their sales people out to “cut” year end “deals” with the intent to “help” the distributor meet their purchase […]
