As a start-up electrical distributor, founded in 2014, Lonestar Electric Supply has had a meteoritic rise in sales. The company has grown from $0 to $405 million as of the end of 2021 and is now ranked #27 according to […]
COVID accelerated many distributors’, and manufacturers’, interest in investing in technology. Coincidentally, just before COVID, NAED released it’s Building a Connected Business report and NEMRA released its Rep of the Future report (if you are a manufacturer or a rep […]
Halco recently announced the sale of their specialty lighting business to Hayward Industries, a leading pool and irrigation manufacturer. Every electrical / lighting distributor is familiar with Halco and their lamp, ballast and fixture offering. It’s probably fair to say […]
Last week WESCO’s board of directors announced a $1 billion stock repurchase authorization. This exceeds the two prior authorizations of $400 million, which expired in 2020, and $300 million initiated in 2017. According to the press release, “Wesco International (NYSE: […]
Over the past few months there have been a number of small electrical distributor acquisitions that seemingly have fallen below the industry radar. These include: PDI acquired 9 location W.A. Bragg in eastern Georgia and western South Carolina. According to […]
Last week I mentioned that the recent NAED National meeting had one of the best keynote speakers that NAED has had in 20+ years of attending these conferences. Peter Zeihan spoke about geopolitical issues, correlated it to population trends in […]
Georgia-based manufacturer Halco Lighting Technologies has sold its specialty lighting business – which includes such recognized brands as ColorSplash®, J&J Electronics™, PureWhite®, and Sollos® Landscape Lighting – to Hayward Holdings, Inc. Halco’s specialty lighting business includes a robust portfolio of lighting solutions serving the residential […]
Last week the NAED National was held in Scottsdale for the first “face-to-face” conference in a few years and for those in the west, it was their first face-to-face in 3 years since Western was cancelled in January. The conference […]
Earlier in the week we shared some thoughts we, and Dick Friedman, had on selling services. While distributors can create services based upon their capabilities, there are manufacturers who team with their distributors to bring resources to customers. Such is […]
As every distributor knows, there is a labor and driver crisis in every market. It affects hiring warehouse staff as well as drivers. Today’s competition for labor is further exacerbated by competitive environments that can pay $20 / hour plus […]
David Gordon
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