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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Almost a week has passed since the election and either you’re done celebrating or commiserating. We now know that the chessboard of federal politics hasn’t change but we can all hope that somehow the next four years are more productive […]
Last week another round of incredulity went through the industry as another acquisition was announced. Munro Distributing, an electrical distributor in Fall River, MA with 12 locations who serviced electrical contractors and is active in the solar market and in the energy […]
Last week AD held its 2012 North American Meeting for its electrical division. 841 people were in attendance, including myself as Channel Marketing Group is a service provider to AD affiliates and manufacturers.During the 2 1/2 days there was much […]
Some industry tidbits ….Sonepar, according to a banking announcement, recently was the beneficiary of a euro private placement. Societe Generale and AXA were able to get “some” of their clients to invest / loan money to Sonepar. No word on […]
In last week’s Reading Roundup we shared some information from Graybar, WESCO, Sonepar and Codale. To start this week we’re sharing more info on WESCO and Graybar and adding in some Kirby Risk, Rexel, ABB/T&B and ElectricSmarts. Kirby Risk – […]
How about a little Reading Round-Up for the week … a collection of information we’ve found on some of the industries major players:WESCOWESCO announced it’s Q2 earnings last week. Some interesting points (from Zacks as well as the call and […]
Recently we’ve spoken with a number of distributors, manufacturers and some reps regarding their second half outlook. Unfortunately, it’s not anything to write home about.As many may remember from the last issue of Electrical Wholesaling, Herm Isenstein (DISC), wrote that […]
David Gordon
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