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The SPA Gap: Where Margin Slips Away – Free Webinar
David Gordon Posted On April 9, 2026

Broken SPA - ElectricalTrends

Scott Sinning from MarginMax Partners has been sharing ideas to help electrical distributors improve their profitability this year with his articles on plugging leaks, using SPAs, and more. Now he’s offering a webinar on SPAs next week. The Cost of […]


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Distributors  / More Insights  / Productivity  / Profitability  / Technology  / Uncategorized
Project Management Goes AI with Parspec
David Gordon Posted On April 8, 2026

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Parspec continues to grow and launch new, innovative, tools Recently it was a sales management platform to support lighting agents and now it’s an AI-native project management platform developed with leading electrical distributors to help electrical distributors advance their businesses […]


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Samuelian Joins MaxLite
David Gordon Posted On April 8, 2026

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MaxLite continues to strengthen its field sales management team with the addition of Jason Samuelian. According to its press release: “MaxLite is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Samuelian as Vice President of Sales, C&I West Region, and Managing […]


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Channel Strategies  / Customer Segments  / Industry Outlook  / Lighting  / Research Reports
Slow Lighting Market According to Pulse of Lighting and Acuity
David Gordon Posted On April 5, 2026

Pulse of Lighting - Acuity - Slow Lighting Environment

At the end of the year, Neil Ashe, CEO of Acuity, described the 4th quarter (their first quarter) lighting business as “tepid”, and our 2025 Q4 Pulse of Lighting report affirmed, and shared a 2026 Outlook If the definition of […]


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Growth Strategies  / Marketing  / More Insights  / Sales Channel  / Technology
Choosing to Win … Intentional Strategies to Drive Sales
David Gordon Posted On April 3, 2026


Recently AD held its IESD networking meeting in Denver. Lots of distributor attendees and, while I wasn’t there, after attending well over 125 NAED and marketing group meetings, I’m confident that I how the opening reception went. In fact, you […]


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Growth Strategies  / Industry News  / More Insights
Project Jupiter – $165B Data Center
David Gordon Posted On March 30, 2026

Project Jupiter Data Center Projects

Jupiter is not only the largest planet, but also a massive data center project in New Mexico. Data centers. They are powering the construction industry with their deliverables – AI and storing / managing data for businesses and consumers – […]


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Lighting  / More Insights  / Reps  / Technology
Introducing Parspec Sales Management: AI-Native Operating System for Lighting Agents
David Gordon Posted On March 26, 2026

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Thinking about AI is a step towards thinking about innovation and growth of a business. Investing in the technology infrastructure of a company is necessary, and also scary. For this reason, many owners prefer to be conservative and settle for […]


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Customer Service  / More Insights  / Reps  / Sales Channel
Embrace Customer First. Start With Reps Who Are the Face of the Company
Gene Biben Posted On March 25, 2026

Evaluating a Rep - Manufacturer Relationship

I have interviewed various manufacturer representatives and how they assess their manufacturers and the state of manufacturer / rep relationships. Let me preface this by saying, all also shared that they have some manufacturers that they have great relationships with […]


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Manufacturers  / Reps  / Supplier / Products
8 Reps Win New Lines
David Gordon Posted On March 22, 2026

Changing Rep and Manufacturer Relationships

Over the past month or so I’ve noticed a number of manufacturers who have changed reps since NEMRA. It’s interesting timing as you would think that this would occur at the end of the year with companies reviewing their reps […]


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Amber Headley Joins MaxLite as Southern VP Sales
David Gordon Posted On March 22, 2026

Amber Headley - MaxLite

MaxLite continues to grow and recently announced that Amber Headley is now its Sales VP for the South. According to its press release: “MaxLite continues to strengthen its sales organization with a new C&I regional alignment across North, South, and […]


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