California-based Helix Electric has selected the city of Goodyear – less than 20 miles from Phoenix – as the site of its new 112,000-sq.-ft. facility for manufacturing and fabricating components for the electrical construction market. According to the Arizona Commerce […]
The number one criteria influencing contractor decision-making today is access to inventory. The supply chain disruptions are the talk of every conversation. No material, no work. Putting the supply chain issues aside, why do contractors select the distributors that they […]
Blazer Electric Supply Company, Colorado Springs, Colo., held its 9th Annual Blazer Benefit Golf Tournament at Bear Dance Golf Club in Larkspur, Colorado on July 29, 2021. A total of $32,000 was raised to support the local training initiatives of […]
In a move to deepen its partnership with the electrical contractor community, Melville, N.Y.-based Leviton is debuting a podcast series to address the channel’s concerns and needs. The Contractor Connect Podcast Series covers relevant topics, products, and news as well […]
According to a recent press release, “Retrolux, the fastest-growing lighting, and energy project development and implementation software platform, and Shine Retrofits, a national energy-efficient lighting products distributor, announced that it will be adding their full product catalog from leading manufacturers […]
The last week or so has been earnings week for many electrical companies where they shared their Q1 performance. As expected, all showed improvement versus last year (after all, the last two weeks were the beginning of the COVID shutdown). […]
Many talk about digitizing the channel and the emerging / present digitalization of the industry and then wonder why eCommerce as a percent of distributor sales is not higher. One major reason is for many distributors their key customer is […]
MaxLite, a leading global manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting solutions, and Retrolux, the fastest-growing lighting project development and implementation software platform, have announced a new partnership that will introduce the MaxLite product portfolio to ESCOs, electrical contractors, and other clients using the […]
Graybar reported that, at year end, sales ($7.3 billion) were only down 3.4% which, given the year, was “nothing”, especially since the industry was projected as down 10-12% by DISC and Rexel US reported down 7.7% in Q4 (and more […]
Over a 35-year career marketing in the electrical industry I have ran more than a few promotions. And here’s the dirty little secret – not every promotion I ran was successful. I’ve managed everything from hat promotions to large trip […]
