The electrical industry has a number of entities that essentially act as “middlemen” between either manufacturers and distributors or distributors and their end customers. These companies provide value-added services to the channel. In the instance of companies such as All […]
Last week I was at the NAED South-Central which was held in Tampa. While the reported attendance was about 675-700 individuals, consisting of 75 distributor entities (including multiples of CED, Sonepar, etc), 122 manufacturer entities, and the remainder being reps […]
Last week NEMRA held its annual meeting in Atlanta. Since we weren’t there and periodically we ask industry leaders to share their thoughts on ElectricalTrends, we asked Ken Hooper, President of NEMRA, to share an update. And while I share […]
Last week I attended the NAED Western which was held at the Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix. I hadn’t attended the Western in awhile so it was good to see a number of old friends on the distributor side as […]
Just before Thanksgiving we attended the NAED Eastern which was held in Orlando. Approximately 560 individuals registered for the conference. According to the registration list, only 62 distributors were listed and this included elements of some companies being listed multiple […]
Earlier this month we met with distributors and manufacturers at the NAED Annual in Boston. Reportedly over 700 people registered for the conference (doubtful all attended). The layout of the hotel (multiple lobbies, Marriott Copley doesn’t have the easiest layout […]
Over the years we’ve attended many NAED meetings, nationals and regionals, and have seen NAED attempt to bring in a number of new manufacturers … typically focused on the “fad / niche” of the day (datacom, wind, solar, other renewables) […]
Last week I received a sponsorship solicitation email from NAED that got me thinking in a tangential way (bear with me!). The email was entitled “Support Emerging Talent in Electrical Distribution”. They are looking for manufacturers, service providers and maybe […]
Recently we saw AD’s press release in www.tedmag.com announcing Interstate Electrical Supply as a new member, which, as you could surmise knowing us, generated some thoughts … We started thinking about other marketing group announcements that we’ve heard of recently […]
The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace. And while Caesar’s is a very nice hotel, especially if you like gambling, and it is perfect for large conventions (the AD North American Meeting was there […]
David Gordon
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