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GM Leader Drives Cultural Change, Innovation and Results

David Gordon Posted On June 18, 2017

General Motors (GM) historically has been known as a “staid” company and the prototypical “old boys” company. And its had its share of “challenges” ranging from uninspiring design to consumers feeling there was “built in obsolescence”; from being extremely difficult […]

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Rockwell Training Future Automation Staff … Supporting Vets

David Gordon Posted On June 14, 2017

At this week’s Rockwell Automation TechLED Rockwell announced a new partnership with Manpower to train (“upskill”) 1,000 veterans per year. The new initiative, reported by Control magazine, is designed to help address the expected shortage in skilled automation staff that […]

Industry Consolidation / Lighting / Lighting2 / Manufacturers / More Insights

Phase 3 of GE Exit from Electrical Industry

David Gordon Posted On June 9, 2017

It appears that the company that Thomas Edison founded, GE, will shortly be out of the electrical industry … or mostly. “Phase three” of the exit, as reported by the Edison Report via a copy of an internal letter, was […]

Associations / Channel Strategies / Customer Segments / Industry News / Lighting / Lighting2 / More Insights / Productivity / Sales Channel / Technology

The Future of Lighting has Arrived. Expect more!

David Gordon Posted On June 5, 2017

Since the beginning of the year, Wendell Strong from Innovative Lighting has penned an exclusive series for ElectricalTrends titled ““Insights into the World of PoE Lighting Technology.” Wendell has been in the lighting industry for “many” years and has used […]

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Innovation through Intellectual Curiosity

David Gordon Posted On May 31, 2017

Much is talked about “innovation”. It’s a term that is loosely tossed around and requires a commitment, or perhaps a better term is “mentality”, that is infused into individuals and a culture. It’s a desire to “excel” and, perhaps more […]

Associations / More Insights / Reps / Sales Channel

NEMRA POS / POT Initiative Gains Endorsements

David Gordon Posted On May 24, 2017

Getting paid properly is important to everyone. After all, if you’re not paid a “fair” wage (or at least what you’ve been promised), then why would you expend energy on an initiative? That’s part of the issue with NEMRA’s POS […]

Growth Strategies / Industry Consolidation / Marketing Groups / More Insights

The Next Phase of Acquisitions?

David Gordon Posted On May 22, 2017

At the NAED Annual meeting I asked distributors, manufacturers and others who typically hear about mergers / acquisitions what they were hearing. Not so much about specific companies but more in general … were they hearing of activity. All said […]

Growth Strategies / Industry News / Lighting / Lighting2 / More Insights

Controlling Light at LightFair

David Gordon Posted On May 18, 2017

Over the past week we’ve spoken to a number of distributors, reps and manufacturers who attended LightFair. From listening to all it appears that LightFair, which euphemistically was called LEDFair a few years ago by many when LEDs first started […]

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Observations from the 2017 NAED Annual

David Gordon Posted On May 15, 2017

Earlier this month NAED held its 2017 Annual Meeting in Boston. The meeting attracted a little over 600 attendees. According to one manufacturer there were 339 manufacturer attendees plus service providers, technology companies, marketing groups and other miscellaneous entities … […]

Customer Segments / Distributors / Growth Strategies / Industry News / More Insights

Rexel, Graybar and AD Experience Growth in Q1

David Gordon Posted On May 7, 2017

With recent quarterly reports from Rexel, Graybar and AD in addition to the recent WESCO quarterly report, we now have Q1 performance representing about 30% of sales and about 140 distributors. IMARK as well as CED, Sonepar, City Electric and […]