Where is the channel headed in 2025 and beyond? Last week, I was able to attend and present at the NAW/MDM Shift conference and it is interesting to see how the construction and industrial channel continues to evolve. […]
Nowadays it’s difficult to tell if the US electrical distribution market is following its northern counterpart or if the Canadian market is following the US market. While the Canadian market has historically been 10-12% the size of the US market, […]
Marketing, as a function for manufacturers and distributors, has grown significantly in the electrical industry. It is no longer only events and premiums for distributors or new product launches and catalogs / collateral for manufacturers. It now is responsible for […]
The second half of the year has started and the first week brought acquisitions / mergers and news that will, and could, influence many other factors. In most industry acquisitions, the acquisition of one company by another typically has most […]
Last week NAED held its Women in Industry Forum. It was the largest NAED event in years. Our friend and ElectricalTrends contributor, Desiree Grace, attended the event and graciously shared her observations: “It was an electrifying 3 days for the […]
Last week’s NAED National Meeting was the first under its new president, Wes Smith. While it wasn’t a “party”, it did celebrate a number of people at the Chairman’s Awards dinner, recognized many manufacturer and service provider sponsors, hosted about […]
In 2022 I attended the Electrical Association of Philadelphia’s 2022 Expo. It was, in a word, “packed”. About 2200 attendees from the greater Philly area. And with NECA on the West Coast this year, this will be the best opportunity […]
According to the NY Post, 8.26 million people live in New York City and 1.6 million live in Manhattan, the site of last week’s LEDucation. It seemed like all of the Manhattanites descended on the NY Hilton Midtown last Tuesday! […]
Last week’s NAED South Central attracted about 610 registrants to Dallas. This was Wes Smith’s inaugural conference as the new President of NAED (after a 40-year career as a distributor.) As is every conference, it was productive if productive is […]
NAED now has a president and CEO … NAED announced yesterday that Wes Smith has been named President and CEO of the association after an extensive search. According to its press release, “The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) has […]
