Some insights from Encore Wire and Schneider Electric / Square D third quarter earnings. First from Encore and their analyst call: Unit volume for copper was up 1% in pounds and 4% in aluminum pounds in the quarter (while it results […]
The recent Dodge Construction Outlook report produced by Dodge Data & Analytics is an interesting read. Not only does it provide some historical perspective but provides the understanding for why 2016 has been such a “market specific” economy and also […]
Many at last week’s Dodge Data & Analytics Construction Outlook conference, which coincided with the AD North American Meeting at the same hotel, over 170 manufacturers and retailers attended to gain insights into 2017. While many came for the outlook […]
Earlier this year Channel Marketing Group conducted research regarding joint business planning and released the results earlier this fall. Some of the key findings revealed that: Manufacturers talk sales; distributors talk profits … and then sales Distributors who invest in […]
Ascend was the theme of last week’s AD North American Meeting which brought together over 1000 distributors and manufacturers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico. While the theme of “ascend” was defined by Bill Weisberg in various ways as “clarity […]
Last week we shared information, highlighted the potential opportunities and discussed potential distributor involvement in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) arena while also featuring the first segment of input from Dick Friedman. As promised, […]
Whether it is IoT or IIoT, the Internet of Things is all the rage. You can’t pick up a trade publication without seeing an article on either topic. And in reality they are essentially the same with the only difference […]
Companies are currently planning their 2017 initiatives. Corporate typically sets the revenue goal (okay, they may ask for input, but …) A portion of the objective comes from an expectation of recurring revenue / customer retention. An element is expected […]
Golf is one of those games that unless you play the same course every time you need to read the course, understand the conditions, evaluate how you are playing and, sometimes (many times for me), you need to change the […]
Street lighting represents a growth opportunity for electrical and lighting distributors as well as manufacturers (and yes, some sell direct to municipalities). And the recent acquisition by Verizon of Sensity, and Acuity’s involvement in Sensity, which ElectricalTrends has commented on, […]
