Rexel and Graybar posted Q3 results last week. Interestingly their performance was “comparable”. Rexel For Q3, the U.S. was up 0.5%, positive for the first time in nine quarters. They’ve closed 25 branches within the past 12 months (7 percent […]
Change is in the air at USESI, the sister company to CED. While USESI does not report to CED, many presume that there is a connection between the two companies, other than ownership by Keith Colburn. It appears that as […]
Today’s guest columnist is Stacey Pandeloglou from Distribution Technology Group. We’ve known Stacey for many years. He works with many electrical distributors in helping them choose “best of breed” technology providers to address their challenges while helping improve productivity. Recently […]
While we know the construction market is down, here’s more confirmation that distributors that are heavily skewed to construction markets are having a hard time. The last two days have reinforced the residential market troubles. New Housing starts down 12.4% […]
Today let’s talk about a topic that is near and dear to many distributors’ and manufacturers’ hearts … marketing groups. Why near and dear? Because, for many distributors, they represent their profit lifeline. For manufacturers they can be the “Good […]
Over the years some distributors have failed to have a serious conversation with the manufacturers they represent about how POS data is used. Then there are some that asked: “If I share POS data, what are you going to do […]
Over the past couple of months we’ve been speaking with a number of electrical distributors and manufacturers about the changing market. Some of these discussions have been in concert with other client projects seeking to better understand their market positioning. During […]
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 […]
Last Friday’s unemployment figures along with the number of people who went off unemployment benefits gives all of us an indication that we are in for a long recovery. Even retailers are having a hard time getting people to spend […]
Now that we’ve celebrated Independence Day and at the same time have seen the 2009 PAR report, we can safely conclude that Ben Franklin, one of our founding fathers, who is also known for his kite experiment, must have been […]
David Gordon
Channel Marketing Group
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