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Developing Your Team Through Channel Dynamic Sharing
David Gordon Posted On January 9, 2019


Last week we shared thoughts on 10 channel dynamics that are impacting, and will have a greater influence in 2019.  To reiterate, these dynamics are: Whose brand is valuable? Size matters Manufacturers support channels, but you? Products or Customers? What […]


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Q4 Pulse of Lighting Report & 2019 Outlook
David Gordon Posted On January 3, 2019


Just before the holidays we launched our Q4 Pulse of Lighting survey to gain industry insights about market performance during Q4.  We had over 200 distributor, manufacturer and sales agents respond. And as most know, the market was “eventful” in […]


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10 Channel Dynamics as Turning the Page into 2019
David Gordon Posted On January 1, 2019


As we turn the page into 2019, welcome to new opportunities, new challenges, new initiatives and perhaps some new ways of doing business / serving your customers to ensure a record 2019 … whatever your goals may be. While we […]


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Using M&A to Change Paradigms
David Gordon Posted On December 18, 2018


Every year there is much talk about M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Some companies forecast it into their budget. For some it is part of their culture to always be seeking opportunities. Some it is a new growth venture. But each […]


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Q4 Lighting Happenings and Pulse of Lighting Survey
David Gordon Posted On December 5, 2018

Q3 2020 Pulse of Lighting Report

As we come to the end of the year, the lighting market, from an activity standpoint, continues to remain strong in most markets.  Perhaps due to concern about future tariff-driven price increases, perhaps from benefits due to tax inducements, perhaps […]


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2019 According to Dodge…Takeaways from the Dodge Construction Outlook
David Gordon Posted On November 30, 2018


Over the past few months there have been a number of economists and analysts who have shared their projections for 2019 regarding the overall economy. Inevitably, with the topics of tariffs, increased interest rates and no artificial fiscal stimulus (i.e […]


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The Start of the NAED Meeting Season – Observations from Marco and the NAED Eastern
David Gordon Posted On November 27, 2018


Earlier this month NAED started its meeting season with the NAED Eastern, which was held in Marco Island.  Meeting attendance appeared to be somewhat “challenged” as the AD and IMARK annual meetings directly preceded the NAED meeting and Rockwell’s  Automation […]


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The Intelligent Building – A reality or just an IoT dream?
David Gordon Posted On November 19, 2018


The last couple of years have seen a plethora of lighting innovations in a quest to “control” the ceiling and eventually a building, a network of buildings and then cities.  This is the vision of smart cities … interconnected devices […]


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2018 Q3 Electrical Chain Performance – Graybar, Rexel and WESCO
David Gordon Posted On November 4, 2018

Market Update

Continuing our 2018 Q3 earnings report coverage, last week we covered a number of industrial distributors to get a sense of the industrial market as well as highlight competitors to electrical distributors and potential electrical sales leakage sources.  Now let’s […]


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Industrial Distributors Have Report Q3 .. Electrical Industry Sales Leakage?
David Gordon Posted On November 2, 2018

Market Update

The past month has been earning season for publicly held companies which provides an opportunity to benchmark the electrical industry, perhaps identify some competitive insights and, hopefully, identify trends looking forward. We’ll start with industrial distributors. In the distributor environment, […]


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