According to Edison Report, there is “war in Chicago. Force Partners, the Cooper Lighting Rep, Sues KSA Lighting and Acuity Lighting.” Wow! If you haven’t read the Mueller Report, chances are that you have not read the 27-page complaint filed […]
After almost 20 years, Cooper Lighting Solutions, as part of its spin-off from Eaton Lighting (and formerly Cooper Lighting), is rejoining IMARK Electrical. According to a press release issued by IMARK Electrical: Cooper Lighting Solutions selected as preferred supplier to […]
The electrical and lighting industries were shocked this week with the announcement that Signify was purchasing the recently renamed Cooper Lighting Solutions from Eaton. The former Eaton Lighting division was scheduled to be spun off from Eaton via an IPO […]
Earlier this week Acuity released, from a headline viewpoint, horrid Q4 sales performance. Sales declined almost 12% from prior year. Much of the decline is attributed to the retail segment, however, sources described Acuity’s distribution business as “flat / low […]
The 2019 Q3 Pulse of Lighting results are in and it appears that Q3, on average, for lighting was slow for distributors and manufacturers, with results in the low single digits. The major reasons reported in the Q3 Lighting Report […]
Summertime has come to an end and now it’s the sprint to the end of the year. The time when many are doing two jobs – seeking sales opportunities to end the year on a high note and planning for […]
Last week we released our Q2 Pulse of Lighting report and Acuity, the following day, released their Q3 earnings (they are on a fiscal year). The commonality appears to be “a market in flux”. While Acuity claims share increase in […]
Competing to thrive requires staying on top top of the latest trends so that you can best advise customers. Lighting is fast moving and our resident advanced lighting expert, David Shiller, shares what’s going on with circadian lighting and “no-blue”. […]
We now have insight into the Q2 health of the lighting market based upon feedback from over 200 electrical distributors, manufacturers and reps through our Pulse of Lighting survey. And it appears that an apt description may be “an interesting […]
This years LightFair featured controls, controls and even more controls. The benefit of these controls is realized when they are networked, however, adoption in this segment has been slow due to concerns relating to complexity, understanding, installation, cybersecurity, energy monitoring, […]
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