Looking back over last quarter there were a number of acquisitions in the electrical / lighting industry. Reasons for the deals can be based upon: A desire for accelerated growth Expansion into geographic markets Desire to leverage infrastructure and/or support […]
Earlier this year we launched our quarterly Pulse of Lighting study in conjunction with William Blair, a leading investment analyst firm. The Q1 report may have surprised some of the larger lighting companies with feedback from distributors. Now we have […]
Recently two well-known rep agencies in the Gulf Coast area, JD Martin and The Schell Company, “merged”. JD Martin Co, has locations in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Oklahoma City and didn’t change. The Schell Company changed its name to Schell Martin […]
ElectricalTrends, a service of Channel Marketing Group, is pleased to announce that we will be a co-sponsor of the B2B Next conference this September in Chicago. This conference is different than many of the eCommerce conferences that are marketed to […]
Independent Electric Supply, www.iesbuy.com, is pleased to announce the addition of Taylor Troy as Digital Marketing Specialist. Taylor has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design. In her new role, Taylor will be responsible for IES online presence and its […]
eCommerce continues to be a heavily discussed issue within the electrical industry with distributors, in aggregate, investing millions of dollars and manufacturers redesigning sites, investing to build, manage and enhance product content and considering the alternative channels that eCommerce is […]
LightFair, the annual gathering of the lighting industry and one of the few tradeshows in the electrical industry, had many traveling to Chicago last week. While other sources (trade publications) focus on the products that were exhibited, and we understand […]
IndustryWeek’s Manufacturing and Technology Conference, held last week in Raleigh, highlighted the continued infusing of technology into manufacturing … onto the plant floor as well as through product design. And it’s a trend that electrical distributors can be uniquely positioned […]
In honor of LightFair being next week, thought it good timing for a little “Reading Roundup” with a focus on lighting … tidbits we’ve heard and seen that relate to lighting: PoE, power over ethernet, was a topic at the […]
It’s quarterly review time again and an opportunity to review publicly traded distributors’ 2018 Q1 performance – Rexel, WESCO, Anixter, AD, Grainger and Fastenal – to see if we can identify trends. WESCO From the earnings slides and earnings call 11% organic […]
David Gordon
Channel Marketing Group
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