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AD”s Meeting Invests in Relationships

David Gordon Posted On October 15, 2012

Last week AD held its 2012 North American Meeting for its electrical division. 841 people were in attendance, including myself as Channel Marketing Group is a service provider to AD affiliates and manufacturers.During the 2 1/2 days there was much […]

Channel Strategies / Lighting / Lighting2 / Renewables

EV … Opportunity, Reality or Dream?

David Gordon Posted On April 22, 2012

Happy Earth Day! Many manufacturers have introduced EV charging stations to the market and most are trying to figure out the most effective sales channel (is it the electrical distributor, Best Buy, Home Depot, appliance stores, garage door installers / […]

Associations / Growth Strategies / Industry Consolidation / Industry News / Lighting / Lighting2 / Marketing Groups / People in the News / Renewables

Strained Channel Relationships & Suppliers Expanding Channels to Market

David Gordon Posted On February 20, 2012

At ElectricalTrends our goal is to share industry observations and trends to help electrical distributors and electrical manufacturers with their business as well as comment on industry activities. We gather our insights from publicly available information, which can include industry […]

Lighting / Lighting2 / Marketing Groups / Renewables / Sales Channel

Some NEMRA Notes

David Gordon Posted On February 10, 2012

Last week the industry’s electrical supply reps got together in San Diego with their manufacturers. Like other NEMRA meetings I’ve been at, there was much work conducted with everyone in one-on-one meetings for 2 1/2 days (at least) plus manufacturers […]

Customer Segments / Growth Strategies / Marketing Groups / Renewables

The New Economic Battleground

David Gordon Posted On March 7, 2011

According to the Wall Street Journal is Clean Energy. And yes, that does beg the question of “What is Clean Energy?” It appears that Clean Energy is the antithesis of Dirty Energy, which infers fossil fuels. The ensuing articles in […]

Associations / Industry News / Pricing / Renewables

NAED 2011 Western Observations

David Gordon Posted On January 22, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I attended the 2011 NAED Western which was held in Palm Springs at the JW Marriott Desert Springs. Unfortunately have been traveling, so haven’t had an opportunity to share some observations. NAED reported that the […]

Distributors / Growth Strategies / Industry Consolidation / Renewables

Crescent, CED and Siemens Make the News

David Gordon Posted On September 30, 2010

Crescent, CED and Siemens have made the news so far this week. Each represents “change”, and opportunity, for distributors. Crescent announced that it hired Dennis DeSousa as SVP Business Development. This is interesting as Dennis was a long-time Graybar employee […]

Customer Segments / Lighting / Lighting2 / Renewables

The Energy Efficiency Breeze

David Gordon Posted On June 3, 2010

The energy efficiency topic, and opportunity, is never far when discussing the economy and the electrical industry. And the news, and outreach endeavors by distributors and manufacturers, continues. In some instances it is about identifying ways to generate revenue, in […]

Growth Strategies / Industry Consolidation / Industry News / Lighting / Lighting2 / Productivity / Renewables / Technology

Solar, LEDs, Diversification, Inventory Management and More

David Gordon Posted On May 13, 2010

A little bit of a reading roundup before this weekend’s NAED Leadership Summit. Recently there has been array of news from 3M, GE, Home Depot, Rexel, Square D, Datalliance, CED and Hilti to get us going (or at least cause some […]

Channel Strategies / Customer Segments / Renewables

The Problem with Solar

David Gordon Posted On April 15, 2010

As one distributor put it….”the price continues to go down and technology continues to evolve. Should I stock PV panels? No way! And the flip side is that there are sometimes a 2 to 3 week lead time. The Chinese […]