The past quarter has been an interesting time for the rep / lighting agent community with a number of significant changes occurring. The question becomes, “why?” While changes on the lighting side of the business seem to be perpetual and […]
NAED meetings, NEMRA planning, AD and IMARK meetings are coming and now being scheduled. It means it’s time for the 2024 planning process between manufacturers and their representatives to begin! But before the meetings and joint planning, manufacturers develop their […]
As the Q2 Pulse of Lighting report highlighted, the the lighting market is experiencing slow / no growth and, for some companies, is contracting. In fact, the second half outlook points to a contraction. However, it remains a large component […]
Labor. Many have talked about it’s shortage. Be it a lack of electricians, a lack of qualified people for distributors to hire, or a lack of staff for manufacturers. Many have “blamed” Covid, the focus on “work from home”, an […]
For the most part the electrical supply chain is back to normal … except if you need switchgear and transformers. Reportedly the switchgear manufacturers are investing to build capacity and feel they can “catch up” within a year (okay, there […]
MaxLite, a global leader in energy efficient lighting, announced the amicable settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit that had been initiated against the company by Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. (“Jiaxing Super Lighting”), a Chinese contract manufacturer based […]
Many know that ABB became the Formula E title for Formula E in its fourth season, which was the 2017-18 season. Since then the all-electric street racing series has gained a significant following with races around the world. ABB continues […]
The past couple of weeks have seen more acquisitions and mergers occur in the electrical industry. We’ve had Three more electrical distributors sell, bringing the number to 12 so far this year … Butler’s Electric to Sonepar, Controls and Electric […]
Each element of the channel is talking about information sharing and digitizing of processes. Distributors seek “better” and “more” product content to power their websites, manufacturers and distributors talk about the need for “data” to enable them to do “analytics”, […]
Last week NEMRA, in preparation for its 2023 Annual Conference, NEMRA announced the new rep members of its Board of Directors as well as new manufacturer members of its NMG (NEMRA Manufacturer Group.) According to the press release: :The National […]
