Aside from June being the beginning of summer, it’s also the last month of the quarter … which means it’s time for the Q2 Pulse of Lighting Survey! Q1, if you’ll remember, was slow. Weather, natural disasters, February announcement that […]
A few weeks ago, Dr. Copper, (aka Dr. John Gross), shared a retrospective history of the copper industry in his Copper Journal In the report he had a chart showing the red metal’s consumption by end-user market based upon information […]
Are you wondering where the business is? The phrase “go west young man” now needs to be “go south your man.” Especially when you think about how housing drives the market. Going south is no longer about moving there for […]
A couple of weeks ago John Gunderson and I had the privilege to be invited to the NAW / MDM Shift conference. John was a conference presenter. Channel Marketing Group was proud to partner with NAW and MDM to promote […]
As all portions of the electrical distribution value chain continue on their journey of digitization, BigCommerce sponsored research to uncover insights from contractors and industrial buyers on their perspectives on eCommerce. The forthcoming white paper (you can reserve your copy […]
It appears the initial tariff volleys have ended and we’re in for trench warfare for the next 60-90 days while deals get negotiated. The Eastern front will remain volatile given neither party will whisper “uncle” given that China is launching […]
Since President Trump signed Executive Order 14220 on February 25th titled “Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper” the price of copper … On 2/25/25 was $4.4860 On 3/3/205 was $4.5765 On 3/19/25 was $5.0760 On 3/26/25 […]
Channel Marketing Group is pleased to partner with NAW and MDM on the upcoming MDM Shift conference, scheduled for May 13-15, 2025. I’ve known Tom Gale and MDM since I was at IMARK. MDM has been the preeminent publication sharing […]
The last several months have been tumultuous for the electrical industry as tariff policy gyrated to such an extent that the market has effectively paused awaiting more clarity. This was validated by the 1Q25 Pulse of Lighting results, where much […]
Given feedback from our Q1 Pulse of Lighting Report and Acuity’s Q2 earnings report, we can say with confidence, “the lighting market was flat last quarter with business slowing as the quarter progressed.” The quarter was initially hit with weather […]
David Gordon
Channel Marketing Group
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