In the words of Electrical Marketing, “Not surprisingly, attendance is (was) down at the conference.” Overall, there were an estimated / registered 420 manufacturer and distributor attendees. About 60 distributors were represented. Observations from attendees was that cost-cutting probably was […]
On Monday we presented at NEMA’s Small Manufacturer Forum, which was NEMA’s inaugural endeavor in serving this audience’s interest in small manufacturer networking. The event, according to all, was a resounding success.The quality of the speakers and the information communicated […]
Last week we posted an entry entitled “Influencing Direction to Create Industry Opportunities” and referenced the endeavors that NEMA is undertaking to influence the economic stimulus package and that NAW is doing to ensure the competitiveness of distributors.Bill Weisberg, CEO […]
To make an understatement, we’re in challenging and yet exciting times. While most everyone is faced with economic challenges, the historical opportunities that may be created by the economy (stimulus package) as well as a new administration, represents exciting opportunities […]
While we didn’t attend the NAED Western Regional which just concluded in Palm Springs, we’ve spoken to a number of distributors and manufacturers to get their take on the proceedings.Based upon the feedback we received: The economy was the story. […]
The year started off with a division of a national chain changing marketing groups. IMARK announced that USESI, a member of Equity/EDN, had joined the group. In case you are not familiar with USESI, they are the sister company to […]
Sorry haven’t been able to post some thoughts for the past couple of weeks. We’ve been traveling to clients and been in the midst of helping them launch 2009 strategies and adjust operations. We’ve picked up a number of “random” […]
About 10 days ago we attended the NAED Eastern and met with a number of manufacturers and distributors. The tenor of the meeting was interesting as distributors and manufacturers had differing views regarding their 2009 outlook and green remained the […]
Tomorrow starts the third leg of each fall’s annual planning process – the NAED Eastern Region Conference, which is being held in Marco Island, FL (and hopefully the golf courses won’t all be full!)With most people asking “what are you […]
If you haven’t seen the latest issue of Electrical Wholesaling, you owe it to yourself to read the cover story on Trade Service. The article was very illuminating on what the company has been working on and its breadth of […]
