For a number of years Rockwell’s electrical distributors have heard how Rockwell wanted to reduce the numbers of distributors they interacted with and reportedly this was to occur through natural acquisitions. It has been hinted during this time that Rockwell […]
If you were Graybar? Yes, it’s a lot of money and many people are wondering, perhaps speculating, on what Graybar will do with a half a billion dollar unsecured loan. This gives them $300 million more than they had before. […]
The last couple of weeks we’ve seen a couple of transactions that could be interesting: First is yesterday’s announcement that Hajoca, the sister company of CED, acquired HD Supply’s plumbing and HVAC group. It wasn’t much of a surprise that […]
The recent signing of the NFL collective bargaining agreement signaled the start of the football season. And pre-season has been a frenzy with a record number of available free agents, a few signing for megabucks, most simply looking for a […]
Over the past few months we’ve been talking with a number of reps throughout the country as we work with an electrical manufacturer to review their reps and, in some instances, recruit new reps. Because of their product type we’ve inquired […]
Over the past few months rumors have circulated that Infor was looking for the best fit software company to acquire to complement its business. Infor has over 75,000 customers in a number of verticals ranging from distribution to healthcare, automotive […]
Everyone has wondered why there hasn’t been more acquisitions in the industry over the past couple of years, and the question was asked again at the recent NAED SouthCentral conference. In discussions with companies that one would characterize as “acquirers”, […]
The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in San Antonio, TX. Our schedule was chockerblock full with meetings with distributors and manufacturers. In fact, over the 2 1/2 days of the meetings, we didn’t have a break for our typical […]
Sonepar, one of the largest global electrical distributors, recently released some information about its 2010 results, and they are very encouraging. Enough so that the company, globally, intends to grow organically as well as through acquisition (as it recently did with its […]
Recent news that HD Supply sold one of its electrical divisions in Canada brings a number of possibilities. Since they sold to Sonepar, Sonepar is obviously looking for acquisitions. Reportedly others were interested. We don’t know who, but do know […]
David Gordon
Channel Marketing Group
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