It’s been said that “lighting agents are different.” While they may have desired to be different, there business challenges are the same as everyone else’s. Over the weekend I was finishing the 2025 Rep of the Future Report for NEMRA, […]
Eaton’s overall Q2 results highlighted a 8% organic sales growth, at the high end of guidance with quarterly record sales of $7.028 billion, and a strong year-over-year backlog growth of 15% in Electrical. Eaton had record segment margins of 23.9%, […]
Resideo, the former Honeywell Homes and ADI Global Distribution business that was spun off as a separate entity in 2018, is a provider of home automation, air temperature and quality and humidity control and security systems, announced 2Q 2025 earnings […]
The electrical acquisition market has been relatively quiet the first half of 2025 with only 11 deals reported / known, and only two of them by a national chain. Channel Marketing Group tracks electrical distribution acquisitions and, since 2020, there […]
Consolidation, which continues to roll through distribution with a number of deals in June, extended through to the rep / agent market. SESCO continued its march across the south, expanding its reach into the Texas market via ERT Lighting and […]
Looking back at the first half of the year, it has been challenging – weather, on again / off again tariffs, war (Ukraine and Middle East), interest rates, and more – have led to a challenging first half for many. […]
Thinking of selling to capitalize on the business, and maybe diversify your financial holdings, but not ready to retire? Possibly interested in the proverbial “bite of the second apple”? Perhaps a private equity (PE) firm is in your future. PE […]
Acquisition activity this year has been very mild. After 117 deals being announced over in 3 ½ years, there were only three deals announced in Q1. But in the last week, another four electrical / lighting distributor deals were announced. […]
The Intermatic deal is done. It has been rumored for months that Intermatic was being sold. Strategic buyers and private equity firms were mentioned as expressing interest and reviewing “the book” throughout the fall (and some mentioned even last summer.) […]
Q2 started with some personnel announcements and an acquisition announcement so we wrapped up Q1 with an overview of People, Products, and Companies. People McNaughton-McKay In a move that surprised many, McNaughton-McKay announced that Steve Guidry is now the new […]
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