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The Next Big Electrical Gizmo?

David Gordon Posted On April 1, 2013

Solar, Wind, and LEDsWe’ve all watched as the promise of solar offered many so little return. Soylandra comes to mind as a Government hand out that went astray. Many question just exactly what is in the low cost panels that […]

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NAED SouthCentral

David Gordon Posted On March 5, 2013

The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace. And while Caesar’s is a very nice hotel, especially if you like gambling, and it is perfect for large conventions (the AD North American Meeting was there […]

Customer Service / Industry News

New Electrical End-User Research

David Gordon Posted On February 1, 2013

Channel Marketing Group, in conjunction with Electrical Wholesaling and EC&M, recently surveyed electrical contractors and other buying influences in the industrial, institutional and influencer markets on their outlook for 2013 as well as their service satisfaction with electrical distributors.The results, which have been over-viewed in […]

Contractors / Customer Service / Industry News / Research Reports

2013 Outlook and Electrical Industry Customer Satisfaction Report

David Gordon Posted On January 31, 2013

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Could Schneider Change the Distribution Equipment / Automation Playing Field?

David Gordon Posted On January 28, 2013

During the second half of 2012, Schneider Electric experienced a number of changes driven by a consolidating industry. While two of its competitors (ABB and Eaton) expanded their product offerings and distribution reach through acquisitions of T&B and Cooper Industries […]

Industry Consolidation / Industry News / Marketing Groups

Closing Out 2012 With Many Acquisitions

David Gordon Posted On January 9, 2013

2012 ended with, as expected, a number of acquisitions, however, they weren’t the deals that everyone expected.Earlier in the fall there was much discussion amongst larger independents and national chains and many expected a number of bigger ($100M+) deals to […]

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13 Predictions for 2013

David Gordon Posted On January 4, 2013

Welcome back from the holidays. We hope everyone was able to spend time with family and we wish all of our readers a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.And with a new year we thought we’d share some crystal ball […]

Industry Consolidation / Industry News / Lighting / Lighting2 / Research Reports

Top 12 in 2012

David Gordon Posted On December 28, 2012

As we close out 2012 we wanted to thank you for your readership, support and comments. Through today we’ve had: Almost 9600 readers visit the site over 21,000 times and read almost 53,000 pages while our subscriber list continues to […]

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NAED Eastern Observations … The Election Aftermath

David Gordon Posted On November 27, 2012

The week before Thanksgiving NAED held its Eastern Region conference in Hollywood (Ft Lauderdale), Florida. Due to travel and the holiday it was not possible to share our observations and some of the conversations we had, so … According […]

Channel Strategies / Distributors / Industry Consolidation / Industry News / Marketing / Marketing Groups

AD Becomes THE Independent Electrical Distributor in Canada

David Gordon Posted On November 20, 2012

As many know, the scope, and business dynamics, of the Canadian electrical marketplace is different than here in the States. A couple of key benchmarks: The Canadian market is “ballparked” at about 10% of the electrical spend in the US […]