Over the past few months there have been a number of small electrical distributor acquisitions that seemingly have fallen below the industry radar. These include: PDI acquired 9 location W.A. Bragg in eastern Georgia and western South Carolina. According to […]
Espen Technology, a leading manufacturer of indoor, LED retrofit lighting products, has announced the appointment of Freddy Preston to the new role of Regional Vice President of Sales for the Southern United States. Prior to joining Espen, Preston has 24 […]
Last week I mentioned that the recent NAED National meeting had one of the best keynote speakers that NAED has had in 20+ years of attending these conferences. Peter Zeihan spoke about geopolitical issues, correlated it to population trends in […]
US Lighting Trends is pleased to be a LightFair 2022 Media Sponsor. In a short time (we launched in November) we now are reaching over 25,000 readers twice a month with information to assist in specifiers, contractors and the distribution […]
Schaedler Yesco Distribution, one of Pennsylvania’s largest independent electrical distributors, announced plans for an RDC in western Pennsylvania. Currently the company has 4 locations in western PA. According to its press release, “Fourth-generation, family-owned Schaedler Yesco Distribution, Inc. has announced […]
Joel Van Treese, President of Electra Products Agency, a leading Indianapolis-based independent manufacturer agency, announced that Electra Product’s A entered into a representation agreement with Signify-Philips, expanding the agreement to now include Ohio and Kentucky. “Philips is the industry leader […]
Last week the NAED National was held in Scottsdale for the first “face-to-face” conference in a few years and for those in the west, it was their first face-to-face in 3 years since Western was cancelled in January. The conference […]
Earlier in the week we shared some thoughts we, and Dick Friedman, had on selling services. While distributors can create services based upon their capabilities, there are manufacturers who team with their distributors to bring resources to customers. Such is […]
As every distributor knows, there is a labor and driver crisis in every market. It affects hiring warehouse staff as well as drivers. Today’s competition for labor is further exacerbated by competitive environments that can pay $20 / hour plus […]
The past few years have seen copper prices increase. A combination of construction increases, EVs and supply constraints have benefited distributors as the price of copper has risen. And with rising prices has come increased gross margin dollar windfall for […]
David Gordon
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