I have been absent for the last few weeks and missed some of the things I enjoy doing, including writing the articles which we are now calling “Ken’s Corner” (here’s a link to my first Ken’s Corner). I am happy […]
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Value. For distributors and manufacturer reps, it’s all that drives sales. It is what differentiates you, why people select you and is what generates profits. It’s driven by people, processes, service, and services. It has little, if anything, to do […]
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October 11, 2021 The fall season heralds a return to everything Pumpkin Spice, but here’s what those autumn months provide for electrical contractors and distributors: a business opportunity they might not have realized existed. That’s right, football season is also […]
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It’s that time of year again. Time for responding to sales management requests for 2022 sales forecasting. But this year it may be more wrapping a story around a riddle that may be an enigma … unless you have a […]
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Last week Texas played Alabama, and won twice. Not only did Texas A&M beat Alabama Saturday night but earlier in the week a Texas-based distributor shocked the electrical industry and “won” an Alabama distributor as Rexel agreed to purchase Mayer […]
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ElectricalTrends, a service of Channel Marketing Group, is expanding its coverage of the lighting space. Linda Longo, the editor of Enlightenment magazine, will be contributing to lighting content and observations on a regular basis to ElectricalTrends readers. Lighting can represent […]
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There’s been “scuttle butt” conversation in the industry over the past few weeks regarding some manufacturers cutting rep commissions. Their premise is that they need to do this due to their price increases. While some of the conversations are what […]
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New Women-Owned Lighting Distributorship in Chicago
Edith Clarke earned her master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1919, but she was unable to find work in that field until 1923, when she became the first woman employed as an electrical engineer […]
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California-based Helix Electric has selected the city of Goodyear – less than 20 miles from Phoenix – as the site of its new 112,000-sq.-ft. facility for manufacturing and fabricating components for the electrical construction market. According to the Arizona Commerce […]
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Recently I was at a meeting of several manufacturer reps and a couple commented that they were recently in meetings with manufacturers who shared some business analytics. They commented “business analytics is a waste.” It was a very “direct” remark […]
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