Crescent Electric announced that Seth Erickson has joined the company as Chief Transformation Officer. According to the press release as part of his role, Seth will oversee a number of strategic teams and initiatives, including eCommerce, IT, Marketing, Business Process […]
Ted Konnerth, an industry stalwart for many a year, has decided to retire from recruiting to focus full-time in supporting distributors and manufacturers in the areas of mergers and acquisitions. According to Egret Consulting, the electrical and lighting industry recruitment […]
In an effort to strengthen its New England business, and be more connected to the customer base, Rexel announced two initiatives. Zone Management Model Rexel USA Northeast has announced a shift to a Zone Model structure for its New England Rexel and […]
You may remember the famous Philip Drucker phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast”? You’ve also heard that people leave bosses. Further, bosses are the ones that drive the culture of a company. So, if you want the best people, you […]
With COVID rampaging across the country, infections and hospitalizations up, leading distributors are reporting they are dealing with staffing disruptions and that business activity is good, which hopefully is good for the lighting market. In a year when in April […]
Data analytics. It’s a frequently used term that requires much more than sales information. You’ve heard that the world is awash in data and that every business needs to collect data, manage data, analyze data, be involved in data analytics […]
Southwire, ostensibly the US’s electrical distribution wire and cable leader, announced that it added four people to its board of directors. The four individuals are: Karen Carter, Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Inclusion Officer for Dow Richard Holder, formerly […]
Companies involved in the power distribution space have recently made a number of announcements that we thought were newsworthy: ABB At its recent Investor Day meeting, ABB’s CEO announced the plan to divest of three business units. One is from […]
Mersen announced that Kian Sanjari was appointed Director, Global MarCom for the Electrical Power Segment. In his new role, Kian will lead the Marketing Communications activities for the segment in close alignment with the Strategic Marketing, Product Line and Sales […]
Wes Smith, president of Mayer Supply, announced today that the Birmingham, AL-based electrical distributor has appointed East Region Vice President Mike Kidney to the position Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer. In this newly created role, Kidney will be […]
