October 11, 2021 The fall season heralds a return to everything Pumpkin Spice, but here’s what those autumn months provide for electrical contractors and distributors: a business opportunity they might not have realized existed. That’s right, football season is also […]
Last week Texas played Alabama, and won twice. Not only did Texas A&M beat Alabama Saturday night but earlier in the week a Texas-based distributor shocked the electrical industry and “won” an Alabama distributor as Rexel agreed to purchase Mayer […]
Edith Clarke earned her master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1919, but she was unable to find work in that field until 1923, when she became the first woman employed as an electrical engineer […]
The lighting controls market, anecdotally, is a significant growth segment within the lighting space. According to our Q2 Pulse of Lighting Report, 62% of distributors reported an increase in quotation activity and 37% of distributor respondents reported sales growth. This […]
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 […]
Schneider Electric is a worldwide leader in wiring devices … just not in the US. That appears to be changing, especially for the residential market. According to a press release, Schneider will be introducing its X an XD series of […]
The proposed $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure bill, which the Senate passed and is awaiting House action, should contain many expanded opportunities, some of which will be niche markets, for electrical distributors. Being able to take advantage of it, proactively, will […]
Over the past couple of years, more distributors have commerce-enabled their websites and distributors are reporting an increase in the percent of sales that web-ordering is representing. For most the orders are coming from existing customers, however, there are some […]
Distribution around the world is facing the same challenges, especially as it relates to technology. Companies face issues about keeping their system “current”, managing the system (and the cost of managing it from a people and maintenance expense viewpoint) as […]
Recently I was with a Vice President of Sales for a larger electrical manufacturer discussing rep consolidations and mergers. Was it good for the industry and, most especially, would manufacturers consider this a positive as they look to continue to […]
