Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve solicited the industry input into the pulse of the lighting industry in Q3. We had heard, nationally, and on average, that business was challenging, and, for the most part, that’s what the results […]
Historically those of us “south of the border” (the Canadian border) estimate that the Canadian electrical market is about 10% of the US market. We’re close. According to the latest Pathfinder report, compiled by Kerrwil Media in partnership with Electro-Federation […]
Last week NEMRA opened registration for its 2026 Annual Conference and over 1300 people have already registered, about 65% of those who will eventually attend (and if you haven’t, better register soon if you want a room at the Marriott!) […]
Summertime is over. 3 1/2 months till the end of the year. The race is on to finish strong while beginning to plan for 2026! Tariff decisions were essentially made (maybe!) but, as an industry, everyone adjusts. The construction market, […]
While AI burst into the mainstream relatively recently, “techies” have commented that it has been around for a while. As distributors have found out, seemingly every technology solicitation call is from an AI company. There is Chat, Perplexity, Grok, Claude, […]
The North American Engineering and Construction Outlook published by FMI, in March warned of tough sledding ahead. This has indeed been borne out in the recently published Third Quarter Outlook. The forecast is for 2026-2029. Overall, the residential sector is […]
The electrical acquisition market has been relatively quiet the first half of 2025 with only 11 deals reported / known, and only two of them by a national chain. Channel Marketing Group tracks electrical distribution acquisitions and, since 2020, there […]
At the end of June, we took a look at some of the opportunities in the residential market. We remain in a state of uncertainty. Whichever anecdote you prefer – seasonal fog and structural slog, or one foot out of […]
As a continuation in the series focusing on top industries and products for electrical distributors (March looked at the manufacturing industry), this analysis takes a look at the US infrastructure and opportunities for distributors and manufacturers. It is certainly not […]
Last week there was much lighting news as Channel Marketing Group / ElectricalTrends released the William Blair sponsored Q2 Pulse of Lighting Report Linda Longo shared insights on the residential lighting market based upon her visit to Lightovation on US […]
