It’s been said that the electrical industry is a small world and you never know when things come back around. With all the “craziness” going on this year, the marketing groups (AD and IMARK) are doing their part to contribute […]
According to an email sent to IMARK Electrical members and manufacturers, Jerry Knight, Vice President of Supplier Relations for IMARK Electrical has been promoted to Executive Vice President of IMARK Electrical and will become President of IMARK Electrical in November. […]
For many the industry came to a screeching halt in mid-March. Companies stopped travel, states went into lock-down, most construction across the country stopped. Those in the industry in the North East, parts of the West Coast, Pennsylvania and Michigan […]
With the benefit of retrospect, we can presume that the number of electrical distribution start-ups will mimic those in the past ten years … in other words, very few and those that have had success, defined as significant growth, are […]
COVID-19 continues to run rampant throughout the country. When we conducted our first Electrical Market Sentiment Report we went from zero to twenty-seven states under “shelter-in-place”. Our recently released second report, Mid-April COVID-19 Electrical Market Sentiment Report, which shares input […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Winsupply, a privately-held multi-discipline distributor with revenues of about $3.5 billion with a unique, decentralized branch-ownership structure and a presence in the electrical industry made an interesting announcement recently. Winsupply’s model is unique in the sense that its branches, called […]
WESCO, Rexel and AD recently shared their Q2 performance and, while they all reported growth, the market appears uneven with Rexel reporting strong performance in the US and WESCO and AD sharing low single digit growth. WESCO and AD highlight […]
David Gordon
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