Recently Graybar announced record sales of $11 billion and, more importantly, a sales increase of 4.8%. Net income increased to $463 million. A “record” is nice, but any growth will generate a new record. While they serve some of the […]
Recently Graybar announced record sales of $11 billion and, more importantly, a sales increase of 4.8%. Net income increased to $463 million. A “record” is nice, but any growth will generate a new record. While they serve some of the […]
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 […]
The technology topic of the year has been, and will continue to be, AI. In reality, much of AI is really ML (machine learning) but it’s not as “sexy” to talk about data being built into algorithms, to mine data […]
Over the past few months, I’ve talked to some distributors that recently either upgraded their ERP system or undertook the significant step of a conversion from one platform to another. Being curious, and not having participated in one, I inquired […]
The distributor acquisition train continues to roll along with three more deals announced this week plus a manufacturer sale (although the manufacturer was linked to a distributor.) These become distributor acquisition #27, 28 and 29 since July (and next week […]
Do you sell Eaton, Hubbell, Legrand, or Leviton wiring devices to electrical contractors and/or industrial facilities? Or you may be selling from others such as Enerlites, Orbit or perhaps Schneider Electric? And there may be other If so, I need […]
Labor Day has come and gone which means the unofficial start of fall is upon us and that Q3 only has a couple of weeks left. It also means that it’s time for our Q3 Pulse of Lighting survey. Whether […]
The second quarter is quickly coming to a close and, for the lighting industry, it ends in a Fair in Las Vegas (LightFair). And if you are attending LightFair, stop by our US Lighting Trends booth – #2277 as Linda […]
David Gordon
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