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Kevin Coleman

Kevin Coleman is an Executive-in-Residence at Channel Marketing Group. He supports Channel Marketing Group, and its clients, via market research into vertical markets, with company and product category specific research, and macro-economic insights. Previously he was Director of Market Intelligence for Signify. He also contributes on www.industrialsupplytrends.com and www.hvacrtrends.com.




Distributors  / Industrial Market  / Industry Outlook
Grainger 2025 Q3, Insights on Industrial
Kevin Coleman Posted On November 5, 2025

Grainger Earnings

Grainger reported 3Q 2025 results on October 31, 2025, with sales of $4.7 billion, up 6.1%, or 5.4% on a daily, constant currency basis. Overall, the results show continued steady growth and profitability amidst muted market demand.  While the current […]


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Distributors  / Featured
Data Centers Drive Wesco Q3
Kevin Coleman Posted On November 3, 2025

Wesco

WESCO shared their Q3 2025 earnings on October 30, 2025, reporting strong top line performance, growing revenue to a record $6.2 billion driven by significant sales growth in data center product sales and strong organic growth across its business units. […]


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Manufacturers  / Supplier / Products
A Pair of 8s for Hubbell in Q3 But Nets 4
Kevin Coleman Posted On November 2, 2025

Hubbell 2025 Q3 Results Pair of 8s

Hubbell announced its 2025 earnings on October 28, 2025.  Net sales increased 4%, and 3% organically for the entire company, operating margin was 22.0%, and adjusted operating margin was 23.9%, reflecting robust pricing and productivity gains amidst cost inflation.  The strong […]


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Lighting  / More Insights  / Supplier / Products
Acuity and Signify – Differing Points of Light
Kevin Coleman Posted On October 30, 2025

Acuity vs Signify - ElectricalTrends

The tale of two lighting companies couldn’t show a more divergent course than Acuity’s growth and diversification into growing markets and Signify’s steady decline.  The choppy seas are the same environment that both companies compete in (albeit different geographies and […]


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Lighting  / Supplier / Products
LSI Outperforms for Quarter in Lighting
Kevin Coleman Posted On September 23, 2025

LSI

LSI Industries, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, reported 4Q 2025 and full year 2025 earnings on August 21.  As one of the few remaining publicly traded lighting companies that report earnings, LSI is a data point for the lighting industry. Lighting […]


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Industry Consolidation  / Industry Outlook  / Supplier / Products
Eaton Powers Forward in Q2
Kevin Coleman Posted On August 18, 2025

Earnings Reports

Eaton’s overall Q2 results highlighted a 8% organic sales growth, at the high end of guidance with quarterly record sales of $7.028 billion, and a strong year-over-year backlog growth of 15% in Electrical. Eaton had record segment margins of 23.9%, […]


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Contractors  / Industry Outlook  / Research Reports
Updated Construction Forecast for 2026-2029
Kevin Coleman Posted On August 18, 2025

Construction Forecast

The North American Engineering and Construction Outlook published by FMI, in March warned of tough sledding ahead.  This has indeed been borne out in the recently published Third Quarter Outlook. The forecast is for 2026-2029. Overall, the residential sector is […]


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Industry Outlook  / Supplier / Products
Atkore, Prysmian Quarterly Results – Impact of Commodity Pricing
Kevin Coleman Posted On August 15, 2025

Earnings Reports

Atkore The Harvey, Illinois headquartered manufacturer of electrical products for commercial, industrial, data center, telecommunications, and solar applications, announced its 3Q 2025 results on August 5.  Atkore net sales were down -10.6% year-over-year. The decrease in net sales was primarily […]


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Industry Outlook  / Manufacturers  / Supplier / Products
nVent, Schneider, Legrand Earnings Reports – Data Centers
Kevin Coleman Posted On August 10, 2025

Earnings Reports

Over the past few weeks I’ve been reading and reviewing industry quarterly earnings reports. Below are observations and key insights regarding nVent, Schneider Electric, and Legrand. nVent The London, UK based designer and manufacturer of electrical connection and protective solutions, […]


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Research Reports
Economic Insights to Support Sales and Planning
Kevin Coleman Posted On July 29, 2025

Economic Insights - ElectricalTrends

At the end of June, we took a look at some of the opportunities in the residential market.  We remain in a state of uncertainty.  Whichever anecdote you prefer – seasonal fog and structural slog, or one foot out of […]


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