Copper has been in the headlines, for the electrical industry, much this year. Pricing has been like a roller coaster and now the number 6 is closer than ever before. Some will remember when it was less than a dollar. […]
As a continuation in the series focusing on top industries and products for electrical distributors (March looked at the manufacturing industry), this analysis takes a look at the US infrastructure and opportunities for distributors and manufacturers. It is certainly not […]
When I titled this, I really wanted to say “Should Manufacturers Be Concerned? Reps Overjoyed? The Future of Distribution” but David told me it was too long and would not be good as a title, so … But I think […]
Last week there was much lighting news as Channel Marketing Group / ElectricalTrends released the William Blair sponsored Q2 Pulse of Lighting Report Linda Longo shared insights on the residential lighting market based upon her visit to Lightovation on US […]
The residential market represents 8-12%, typically, of the electrical distribution market, or about 15-20% of the overall contractor market. For some distributors it is much more based upon locale, however, typically this is smaller distributors. And for those in lighting, […]
Looking back at the first half of the year, it has been challenging – weather, on again / off again tariffs, war (Ukraine and Middle East), interest rates, and more – have led to a challenging first half for many. […]
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 […]
