We’re in an environment that could be called BC vs PC – Before Coronavirus and Post Coronavirus. The challenge is that PC, which could be defined as Q3 and Q4 don’t look pretty. Everyone, at least manufacturers, are asking “what […]
Understanding the financial impact of COVID-19 on the electrical channel is a real challenge. That’s why we launched, and can now report from, our Electrical Industry COVID-19 Market Sentiment Report. (available for $50 with 50% of proceeds to the Gary […]
COVID-19 has directly been impacting the electrical distribution industry for about two weeks and we’ve been aware of it, due to supply concerns coming from China for about six weeks. We’ve learned much such as the affect on the lighting […]
Leviton announced the hiring of Randy Mortensen to serve as its new senior vice president of global distribution sales and marketing. In this newly created position, Mortensen will be responsible for the company’s US Distribution Channel, all international sales and the eBusiness Channel. […]
As Crescent Electric gets ready for a changing of the guard with Marty Burbridge retiring later this month, more change is occurring within the company. For most, if not all, of its existence Crescent has been aligned with GE. Through […]
NSi Industries, after making three acquisitions in 2019, itself was sold, which will position the company for future growth. Ironically the company’s recent acquisition of Bridgeport Fittings helped trigger the sale of NSi by its private equity owner, Blue Sea […]
Last week’s NAED Western, held in Phoenix and attended by approximately 700 people, was a productive event according to many who attended the industry’s first conference of the year. For many, one of the takeaways was the amount of walking […]
Acuity reported its 2020 Q1 / 2019 Q4 performance last week and reported a XX% sales decline of which their independent channel (C&I distributors) was down XX%. The question then becomes, “As the industry’s largest US focused lighting manufacturer, is […]
The quarter is over and the year is done. And what a year it was in the lighting industry. It started with the threat of tariffs. Then IDEAL Industries purchased Cree Lighting, shocking the industry. Tariffs came in May and […]
The holidays are over and its time for every retailer to put their remaining inventory on sale. In the electrical industry it must be dealtime as “deals” were recently closed / are in discussions as a few acquisitions, or acquisition […]
