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As every distributor knows, LEDs are the future of lighting and are significantly impacting many lighting industry dynamics – from whom you buy from to what you stock (and how much of it) to pricing to the concept of cannibalizing future sales […]
Here we are in April and many held their breath wondering how many companies would sell before the end of last year (somewhat driven by tax reasons) and how many would be sold during the first quarter of 2013. Consolidation […]
Solar, Wind, and LEDsWe’ve all watched as the promise of solar offered many so little return. Soylandra comes to mind as a Government hand out that went astray. Many question just exactly what is in the low cost panels that […]
The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace. And while Caesar’s is a very nice hotel, especially if you like gambling, and it is perfect for large conventions (the AD North American Meeting was there […]
Welcome back from the holidays. We hope everyone was able to spend time with family and we wish all of our readers a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.And with a new year we thought we’d share some crystal ball […]
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 […]
Something to catch us up a little … a little Reader’s Roundup covering recent (and pending) acquisitions which may accelerate in generating announcements between now and the end of the year, Sonepar’s internship program, apps for electricians (which could be […]
Over the past week I ran across a few examples of low tech and high tech marketing initiatives that may be worth exploring. The ideas come from Platt Electric, Kirby Risk, Walters Wholesale and US Lamps (a small distributor in […]
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 […]
