As a follow up to a recent article (Is Today’s Changes Redefining Our Roles?), I thought about the original group of representatives that founded NEMRA, and I was fortunate enough to have been there. NEMRA did not begin at LaGuardia […]
Hubbell’s Commercial Construction brands expanded its relationship with ASA Electrical Solutions effective April 1st. In late October, ASA entered the Utah and Idaho with its representation of Chalfant, a cable management solutions company whom it represented in its three other […]
Over the past months I have spoken to many dozens of distributors, manufacturers, contractors, and independent manufacturer representatives from various areas of our country getting their views on the changing dynamics of our industry. The results have been relatively consistent […]
According to the NY Post, 8.26 million people live in New York City and 1.6 million live in Manhattan, the site of last week’s LEDucation. It seemed like all of the Manhattanites descended on the NY Hilton Midtown last Tuesday! […]
Monday seemingly was just another day in the electrical industry … with acquisitions and mergers being announced. This time it was two acquisitions, which makes three in two days and, by my recollection, sixteen (yes, 16) in the past 60 […]
Rep, or in this case, lighting agent, consolidation continues as ORA Lighting & Controls joins forces with Diversified Group to increase presence in NYC. Recently we wrote about how the rep / lighting agent landscape is changing. This is being […]
For almost 50 years, Alyn Pinkofsky was synonymous with B N Yanow (now known as Yanow) in the Boston marketplace. Alyn passed away on February 16th. Born in 1934, Pinkofsky spent 58 years in the electrical distribution industry when he […]
Webster’s dictionary defines the word VIRTUAL as being “such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted; indirect.” How has this word now become a strategy employed by many since COVID to take the place of personal contact? […]
What’s going on in the agent / rep world? As many know, the electrical distribution has gone through much consolidation in the past three years with almost 100 distributors being sold. It seems that independent manufacturer representatives and lighting agents […]
Last week’s NEMRA 2024 Annual Conference was a rousing success with 1975 people registered for the conference. Attendance eclipsed 2023’s numbers of 1916 … congratulations NEMRA. The conference was held for the second year in Las Vegas … and turned […]
David Gordon
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