Yesterday morning Border States shared a press release that surprised many in the electrical industry … that they were leaving AD after a 40-year relationship. Border States Exits Affiliated Distributors According to the press release, dated December 1: “Border States […]
Lowe’s beat profit expectations, while Home Depot did not, and Lowe’s reported growth in comparable sales (sales of stores open at least 13 months) that outpaced that of Home Depot for a second straight quarter. Stepping back, the fact that both showed […]
Rexel’s North American group was the star performer for the company in Q3. While the overall business was up only 3%, North America more than doubled the group’s performance, coming in at 7.4%. Some key highlights from their press release […]
Last week Graybar announced that their Q3 performance generated $3.29 billion, which represented a 10.7% increase over 2024. While the percentage increase was nominally behind Wesco’s EES performance, from a dollar perspective Graybar’s electrical revenue (excluding datacom and utility) exceeds […]
Over the past year AD has grown significantly with the merger with IMARK and its recently announced merger with The Commonwealth Group. In addition, sales from its independent members continues to soar. According to a recent AD press release, through […]
WESCO shared their Q3 2025 earnings on October 30, 2025, reporting strong top line performance, growing revenue to a record $6.2 billion driven by significant sales growth in data center product sales and strong organic growth across its business units. […]
The tale of two lighting companies couldn’t show a more divergent course than Acuity’s growth and diversification into growing markets and Signify’s steady decline. The choppy seas are the same environment that both companies compete in (albeit different geographies and […]
Recently we supported NEMRA on a project to estimate the total distribution sales sold via the assistance of NEMRA independent manufacturer representatives. The percentage exceeded 50% of industry revenues (and if you want to know more, contact Jim Johnson.) Yes, […]
As we look forward to 2026 the crystal ball right now is showing slow growth aside from those who will benefit from data centers and possibly the industrial market if they are receiving a new factory or expansion. Those in […]
IDEA’s recent 2025 eBiz conference held earlier this month in Nashville brought together almost 160 people representing 20 distributor, 20 manufacturers, service companies, and IDEA’s staff. The conference expanded its contextual reach from talking data into the burgeoning topic of […]
