A recent post about Sonepar’s latest acquisitions got us thinking. What have traditional electrical distribution acquirers been up to? Sonepar – As we saw in a recent MDM posting, and on Sonepar’s website, Sonepar appears to remain true to its […]
Over the past few years many have wondered when, and if, Rexel could be turned around and some have expressed surprise that Chris Hartmann remained the Rexel’s North American leader given the shorter tenures of some of his predecessors. Chris, […]
Last week I was at the NAED South-Central which was held in Tampa. While the reported attendance was about 675-700 individuals, consisting of 75 distributor entities (including multiples of CED, Sonepar, etc), 122 manufacturer entities, and the remainder being reps […]
Last week NEMRA held its annual meeting in Atlanta. Since we weren’t there and periodically we ask industry leaders to share their thoughts on ElectricalTrends, we asked Ken Hooper, President of NEMRA, to share an update. And while I share […]
Last week during a conversation with a client we talked about the concept of the 7 layers of an onion. The concept, for those of you who don’t know, is that as you peel back the layers of the […]
Last week I attended the NAED Western which was held at the Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix. I hadn’t attended the Western in awhile so it was good to see a number of old friends on the distributor side as […]
As we get ready to close the page on another successful year, we wanted to thank you for your readership and support. Over the past year we’ve: posted 69 thoughts, observations and insights which we hope were beneficial to you […]
As we mentioned Monday, a number of distributors, and some manufacturers, discussed e-marketing and more importantly e-commerce (commerce enabled websites) at the recent NAED Eastern Conference. It appears that the impetus for this has been the continued growth, and competitiveness, […]
Last week there were industry reports of a couple of acquisitions and some branch openings (and there were probably more that weren’t reported). Consider … CED purchased Davis Wholesale in Hollywood, CA Steiner Electric purchase State Electrical in Wisconsin Graybar […]
With earnings season continuing, it’s good to check in to see what some of the other national chains are doing. If you recall, last week we commented on WESCO. Here’s the info, and some insights, into AD, HD Supply, Graybar […]
