The acquisition trend continues with CED and Galco announcing recent acquisitions. This brings the count to six electrical distributors acquired so far this year (NEDCO, Buckles Smith, Holt and ErieTec (which was acquired by Purvis)) on top of the 57 […]
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 […]
Okay, so I debated about writing this but I received a number of calls about the NAED Western from people who thought I was there. And calls from people who were there. All were asking for my observations from the […]
1862. That’s a huge number. It’s the current (as of January 18) registration for the NEMRA Annual Conference. 1862 people (probably more) will descend upon Las Vegas on January 30th and occupy the Virgin Hotel (and some spillover hotels) till […]
For the past ten years or so, many distributors have explored, and traveled, the eCommerce journey, traveling the path to bring new services to their customers and in the hopes of accelerated revenue. While the percent of sales coming from […]
Recently I wrote about channel loyalty and asked what mattered – loyalty or volume and defined loyalty based upon “earned loyalty” (living up to commitments.) We received a good number of calls and comments. Most shared that loyalty, as described […]
Over the holidays I was contemplating writing a “10 Trends” type of article. You know, the type where a consultant or journalist theorizes what will occur in the coming year and says “you should do ‘x’ to generate growth. And […]
As 2022 comes to a close, it’s appropriate to look at an electrical industry “year in review” as shared on ElectricalTrends. This year we had almost 110,000 page views and, through various authors, posted over 175 articles. Our goal is […]
Through today, thirty five electrical distributor deals have been announced (and reported on via ElectricalTrends.) This is more than many can remember in recent history. And, as expected, many were IMARK and AD members. As expected, many of these distributors […]
Green Mountain Electric Supply completed its fifth acquisition of the year as it sweeps across upstate New York. The Vermont-based company acquired certain assets of Scott Electric Supply. This follows Green Mountain’s deals to acquire: Davis Electrical Supply, a two […]
