We received the preliminary attendee list for the upcoming NAED Eastern Region, its online for those whose who registered for the conference, to be held in Marco Island, and were very disappointed to see that the conference is evolving (or […]
The competition for your data dollars is increasing. Thanks to our readers, we’ve recently received the latest communications from Trade Service and IDEA, and they appear to be divergent in style.The Trade Service communications appear to be positive and sales-oriented, […]
Received a copy of a letter from a distributor friend, that Trade Service sent to its electrical distribution customers. Interesting how a company begins to reveal itself when it needs to become competitive / visible again.Key points from the letter […]
Now that the dust has settled, press releases have been issued and frantic calls have been made seeking information, the question becomes, what does the decision by IDEA and Trade Service mean to everyday operations and the industry “vision” of […]
The past few days, about 800 individuals from the industry gathered in San Francisco for the NAED Executive Leadership Conference (formerly the NAED Annual). NAED claims that attendance was very strong based upon the number of companies that attended (with […]
Much has occurred over the past couple of months and many manufacturers and distributors have cut to the bone in an effort to preserve profitability. These cuts have focused on people, programs (in the case of manufacturers) and products (in […]
This past week we attended the EquityEDN meeting in Atlanta and thought we share some observations. Almost 350 member attendees, representing 197 companies, attended the meeting. While we didn’t count the number of manufacturers, all on the EquityEDN list attended […]
Last week’s NAED SouthCentral Regional Conference in Palm Springs was, according to a number of people a “subdued, lightly attended conference.” A number of people commented that there were not many distributor personnel attending and that while there were more […]
We attended the NAED Western in Phoenix last week, where unfortuantely the weather barely reached 60 either day and evenings were in the mid to upper 30’s. Approximately 75 distributor companies (66 had booths) and 125 manufacturer companies attended.The economic […]
Congratulations to U.S. Army Brigadier General Robert Gaylord, the new president of IDEA. An interesting choice… retired military In reviewing his background, one would presume that he is a leader, a good listener and a good communicator having been heavily […]
