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A couple of weeks ago we wrote about how Home Depot was advertising that it was pursuing AC disconnect business by competing on price. Their ad openly mentioned low pricing on Eaton and GE. Following this, we heard from a […]
A few years ago we did some research about private labeling in the electrical industry, which still attracts callers. They mainly inquire about non-electrical distributor web sites that offer all sorts of product. Occasionally we get calls from contract manufacturers […]
While interviewing electrical contractors and distributors for our 2010 Contractor Insight Research Report (just released), we came across a few changes in attitude that might be of interest to manufacturers and distributors. Generally speaking most contractors a few years ago […]
Commodities and sales organizations have been occupying our thoughts the past couple of days and we thought we’d give you something to ponder over the weekend: Purchasing magazine has an article entitled “Commodity prices are up–hedge or source?” Remember, they […]
On Monday there was an article in the WSJ entitled Copper Vets Make Bet with Start-up Firm. The article discussed the launch of a new mining company that is going to search for overlooked deposits of copper and possibly other […]
Much news in the wire business today with Southwire, AIW, Encore and General Cable all making financial news … acquisitions and debt payoffs. Starting with the big announcement, as many know, Southwire acquired “certain assets” of AIW (okay, the assets […]
What do Arlington, Leviton, Thomas & Betts, Cerro Wire, Philips, Schneider Electric, Home Depot and Lutron have in common? (and three of them were sponsors of the Home Depot ad!) They all were either advertisers, sponsors of others’ ads or […]
Industry veteran Stan Rydzynski has joined Channel Marketing Group as a Consulting Partner. With over 35 years in the electrical industry, he will now use his vast credentials and experience to help distributors and manufacturers create solutions and develop strategic, […]
In other words, a little bit of everything to end the week! August marks ElectricalTrends’ two year anniversary. During this time we’ve had over 28,195 visits resuting in 39,241 page views from 13,525 unique visitors (all numbers are according to […]
Recently we’ve reached out to a number of people around the industry and thought we’d share some of what we are hearing: From a regional at a national chain: “To say that we have had our share of problems is […]
David Gordon
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