People of a certain age, or who watch syndicated television sitcoms, may remember a show called the Jeffersons and, at the mention of the name they get a visual remembrance but, more importantly, get transported back to the opening theme […]
The 2026 Q2 Pulse of Lighting report shared that, unfortunately, the lighting market is still flat, on average. Yes there are manufacturers, and distributors, that are up but many remain down or flat due to the residential construction malaise in […]
Nexus Power, an independent electrical manufacturer representative that covers 11 western states and serves the industrial, construction, and utility markets received a “strategic” investment from Madison River Capital, a private equity firm. This is MRC’s first investment in the independent […]
Back in June Atkore settled its legal issues and The reason for the question is: Bill Waltz announced his retirement last year, after starting a succession process. The company announced it was going through a strategic review and then asked […]
I was reading the Signify Q2 earnings report and was, quite frankly, confused. The company had just come off its Capital Markets Day where it is trying to communicate its strategy and, presumably, sway analysts that it is a good […]
Amidst the conversation about AI and data centers, both of which distributors can benefit from, there is another conversation that, as typical, starts on the consumer side and then migrates to B2B. This is how AI is / may change […]
Rexel opened the second half of 2026 with a clear message: North America—especially the U.S.—is the company’s growth engine, even as tariffs, commodity inflation, and macro uncertainty pressure margins and demand across the broader distribution landscape. Some key highlights from their […]
On Wednesday the US announced increased tariffs, up to 50% on a variety of goods from Canada and the lighting industry was impacted. The tariffs are expected to be effective August 20th. Linda Longo, editor of ElectricalTrends’ sister publication US […]
The NAED Marketing Summit is around the corner … only 10 days away before the electrical industry’s marketing leaders will, in Indyesque, “start their engines. So far over 200 electrical distributors, independent manufacturer reps, and manufacturers have registered for the […]
Last month Lantern, an AI-powered, inventory forecasting system, joined NAED. The association announced their membership a couple of weeks ago. Having met Conor Leen almost two years ago, I reached out to him for an update and to offer him […]
David Gordon
Channel Marketing Group
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