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Over the last few weeks we have noticed some trends and reported that a number of companies are pro-actively seeking ways to help their customers save money and connect.Our focus is normally on hard good products, but recently we have […]
A little bit of a reading roundup before this weekend’s NAED Leadership Summit. Recently there has been array of news from 3M, GE, Home Depot, Rexel, Square D, Datalliance, CED and Hilti to get us going (or at least cause some […]
Last week I visited a client in support of their strategic planning and marketing initiatives. As usual the question arose, “what are you seeing in the market?” And my answer this time was a little difference. I summarized the market […]
Ted Konnerth, president of Egret Consulting, the electrical industry’s premier recruitment firm for distributors and manufacturers, spoke last week at the Strategies in Light conference. This conference focuses on high-brightness LEDs and lighting. Ted lead a discussion on the challenges […]
Last week’s NAED SouthCentral attracted a decent crowd, defined as people who registered (as a number of people were no-shows due to weather in Chicago and the Mid-Atlantic / NY area). 68 distributors (excluding IESC and Bell Electric – sorry […]
Is GE taking a page from Philips? GE Lighting’s recent announcement that it will be combining its Lumination division with its commercial and industrial fixture group, GE Lighting Systems is reminiscient of when Philips acquired Genlyte-Thomas and then began integrating […]
Lately a number of industry resources have been sharing their predictions for 2010. While no one has a crystal ball, we’re hearing an overall industry range of +/- 2%, but no one really represents the industry. From a distributor perspective, […]
A little bit of energy and energy-related news: WESCO, which is traditionally associated with the industrial space or large projects, recently worked with a contractor in California on a large residential project that used solar. According to Robert Lopez, Sacramento, […]
Last Thursday, Rexel held an Investor Day in Lyon, France. During this meeting, Rexel updated analysts, and probably other investors on its 2010-2012 growth strategy.The report can be found, and downloaded, here. And coincidentally, Rexel announced today that it is […]
As many electrical distributors are planning for 2010 to be flat, if not slightly down, there remains an area of hope for distributors who are pursuing green / energy efficiency initiatives. Consider: Wesco, which successfully conducted 7 energy summits for […]
