It is with sadness to share that Ben Denney, owner of Denney Electric Supply, passed away last Tuesday, July 1st, according to contacts in the Philadelphia marketplace. For those not familiar with Denney Electric Supply, it is an eleven-location distributor […]
Last week there was much lighting news as Channel Marketing Group / ElectricalTrends released the William Blair sponsored Q2 Pulse of Lighting Report Linda Longo shared insights on the residential lighting market based upon her visit to Lightovation on US […]
Looking back at the first half of the year, it has been challenging – weather, on again / off again tariffs, war (Ukraine and Middle East), interest rates, and more – have led to a challenging first half for many. […]
Who would have thought that two letters … two vowels … AI … could simultaneously build excitement about possibilities while also creating concern about the future. AI represents lots of opportunities for businesses and lots of opportunities to “simplify” lives […]
Earlier this week we released the State of eCommerce report which shared how electrical buyers (yes, mostly contractors) are using distributor websites. They are using it for product information and the percentage of purchasing has risen. While they are purchasing […]
Electrical buyer, both contractor and industrial, interest in ordering electronically (eCommerce) has come a long way in 8 short years. Eight years ago, every industry association conference had non-industry consultants espousing that Amazon Supply (now Amazon Business) ending the role […]
Aside from June being the beginning of summer, it’s also the last month of the quarter … which means it’s time for the Q2 Pulse of Lighting Survey! Q1, if you’ll remember, was slow. Weather, natural disasters, February announcement that […]
Last week our friend, Desiree Grace, newly appointed VP Sales & Customer Service, Americas, for Mersen, attended the NAED Women in Industry Forum and offered to share feedback on the conference with ElectricalTrends readers. “NAED’s Women in Industry Forum, themed […]
A few weeks ago, Dr. Copper, (aka Dr. John Gross), shared a retrospective history of the copper industry in his Copper Journal In the report he had a chart showing the red metal’s consumption by end-user market based upon information […]
Are you wondering where the business is? The phrase “go west young man” now needs to be “go south your man.” Especially when you think about how housing drives the market. Going south is no longer about moving there for […]
