Schneider Electric, a global electronics and industrial technology leader specializing in digital automation and energy management, announced Q3 2026 results on October 16 delivering its strongest quarterly performance in history, with North America again the growth engine. Q3 revenue was […]
Rexel provided a third quarter sales update (not a detailed quarterly earnings statement) on October 22, pointing to an electrical distribution market increasingly shaped by electrification, rather than a uniform recovery in construction. Sales reached $6.33 billion, up 14.6% on […]
Infor held their Velocity Week last week where they brought together customers to share updates and case studies, all in an effort to help distributors improve profitability and scalability. Mary Bennett, VP Sales for NSA Computer Exchange, an Infor implementation […]
As our 2026 Q3 Pulse of Lighting revealed, and Acuity’s Q4 earnings report confirmed, the lighting market exhibited some growth, albeit low single digits over the summer. In reviewing Acuity’s performance, the focus is on their Acuity Brands Lighting group […]
As you’d expect, the electrical market continues to change. Forget about the macro-economic dynamics and the geopolitical implications that trickle down and impact the business, let’s just think about some things occurring in the business. The data center market. Yes, […]
Back almost 30 years ago when the original 20 distributors and 20 manufacturers came together to form IDEA, the goal was to reduce operating costs, which was defined as reducing errors in data when it was communicated between the two […]
nVent announced their results for 2Q 2026 on July 31. They reported record quarterly sales of $1.5 billion, up 53%, and 47% organically, and adjusted operating income was $323 million, up 61%, riding a historic data‑center boom while simultaneously navigating […]
Eaton announced its 2Q 2026 earnings on July 31. Their results confirm the structural shift in the U.S. electrical market that previous earnings results have benefitted from – AI‑scale data centers, utility grid upgrades, and industrial electrification have turned Electrical […]
Schneider Electric announced its Q2 2026 results on July 30 delivering one of the strongest quarters in its history, underscoring the company’s rising influence across electrification, automation, and digital energy management. With demand surging in data centers, grid modernization, and […]
Legrand, the French conglomerate known for wiring devices, lighting controls, Wiremold and its lighting lines in the electrical distribution segment, who has also built a robust data center offering, announced 1H 2026 earnings on July 29. Legrand’s record first‑half 2026 […]
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