As we close the year it’s time to look back and reflect a little as we get ready to turn the page to new and exciting endeavors to support clients. This past year ElectricalTrends has received almost 100,000 pageviews from […]
Every year there is much talk about M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Some companies forecast it into their budget. For some it is part of their culture to always be seeking opportunities. Some it is a new growth venture. But each […]
Our Q4 Pulse of Lighting survey is currently open and while perusing some of the feedback regarding market trends, one of the dynamics that was repeatedly mentioned was lighting manufacturers selling direct. In fact it was mentioned that it is […]
As we come to the end of the year, the lighting market, from an activity standpoint, continues to remain strong in most markets. Perhaps due to concern about future tariff-driven price increases, perhaps from benefits due to tax inducements, perhaps […]
Earlier this month NAED started its meeting season with the NAED Eastern, which was held in Marco Island. Meeting attendance appeared to be somewhat “challenged” as the AD and IMARK annual meetings directly preceded the NAED meeting and Rockwell’s Automation […]
The last couple of years have seen a plethora of lighting innovations in a quest to “control” the ceiling and eventually a building, a network of buildings and then cities. This is the vision of smart cities … interconnected devices […]
Continuing our 2018 Q3 earnings report coverage, last week we covered a number of industrial distributors to get a sense of the industrial market as well as highlight competitors to electrical distributors and potential electrical sales leakage sources. Now let’s […]
The past month has been earning season for publicly held companies which provides an opportunity to benchmark the electrical industry, perhaps identify some competitive insights and, hopefully, identify trends looking forward. We’ll start with industrial distributors. In the distributor environment, […]
Conventional wisdom is that Amazon Business is not good for MRO and construction distributors.They are a technological behemoth that knows nothing about “our space” and are only successful because they can: throw money at the issue / opportunity have the […]
Amazon Business is talked about regularly within distribution industries in general and especially in the MRO space. Barely a meeting goes by with a manufacturer where the topic of “what should we do regarding Amazon Business” is not asked as […]
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