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Selling Direct … A Growing Lighting Trend

David Gordon Posted On December 6, 2018

Our Q4 Pulse of Lighting survey is currently open and while perusing some of the feedback regarding market trends, one of the dynamics that was repeatedly mentioned was lighting manufacturers selling direct. In fact it was mentioned that it is […]

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Houston Industry Icon Joins Lonestar BOD

David Gordon Posted On December 6, 2018

Lonestar Electric Supply recently welcomed Joe Jones to its Board of Directors. Mr. Jones stated, “Lonestar Electric is a good company filled with good people. They’re an independent distributor, which I like, because I was one as well. They’ve been very successful. I […]

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Q4 Lighting Happenings and Pulse of Lighting Survey

David Gordon Posted On December 5, 2018

As we come to the end of the year, the lighting market, from an activity standpoint, continues to remain strong in most markets. Perhaps due to concern about future tariff-driven price increases, perhaps from benefits due to tax inducements, perhaps […]

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2019 According to Dodge…Takeaways from the Dodge Construction Outlook

David Gordon Posted On November 30, 2018

Over the past few months there have been a number of economists and analysts who have shared their projections for 2019 regarding the overall economy. Inevitably, with the topics of tariffs, increased interest rates and no artificial fiscal stimulus (i.e […]

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The Start of the NAED Meeting Season – Observations from Marco and the NAED Eastern

David Gordon Posted On November 27, 2018

Earlier this month NAED started its meeting season with the NAED Eastern, which was held in Marco Island. Meeting attendance appeared to be somewhat “challenged” as the AD and IMARK annual meetings directly preceded the NAED meeting and Rockwell’s Automation […]

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The Intelligent Building – A reality or just an IoT dream?

David Gordon Posted On November 19, 2018

The last couple of years have seen a plethora of lighting innovations in a quest to “control” the ceiling and eventually a building, a network of buildings and then cities. This is the vision of smart cities … interconnected devices […]

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Switchgear Quotations Specialists Needed

David Gordon Posted On November 19, 2018

Egret Consulting, an electrical industry recruitment leader, is searching for a switchgear quotations specialists for a client located in Iowa. The client is one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the country with locations throughout the US. Their business […]

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2018 Q3 Electrical Chain Performance – Graybar, Rexel and WESCO

David Gordon Posted On November 4, 2018

Continuing our 2018 Q3 earnings report coverage, last week we covered a number of industrial distributors to get a sense of the industrial market as well as highlight competitors to electrical distributors and potential electrical sales leakage sources. Now let’s […]

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Industrial Distributors Have Report Q3 .. Electrical Industry Sales Leakage?

David Gordon Posted On November 2, 2018

The past month has been earning season for publicly held companies which provides an opportunity to benchmark the electrical industry, perhaps identify some competitive insights and, hopefully, identify trends looking forward. We’ll start with industrial distributors. In the distributor environment, […]

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Distributors. Has Amazon Business Been Good for You?

David Gordon Posted On October 31, 2018

Conventional wisdom is that Amazon Business is not good for MRO and construction distributors.They are a technological behemoth that knows nothing about “our space” and are only successful because they can: throw money at the issue / opportunity have the […]