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NAED 2017 Eastern Region Observations

David Gordon Posted On November 13, 2016

Last week’s NAED 2017 Eastern Region Conference started the association meeting season with a whimper, albeit much of the “lack of energy” may not be attributable to NAED, especially given the need to book meeting space years in advance. The meeting […]

Branding / Marketing / More Insights / Reps

Electing to Market Through Video

David Gordon Posted On November 6, 2016

With Tuesday being Election Day, far be it from me, or a rep agency, to try to influence an election, but the debates have captured our attention. Living in a “swing state” I can say unequivocally that I am tired of […]

Contractors / Customer Segments / Industrial Market / Industry News / Lighting / Lighting2 / Marketing Groups / More Insights

Leaders and Laggards – Graybar, AD, Grainger and WESCO Q3 Reports

David Gordon Posted On November 1, 2016

Over the past week we’ve been able to gain a sense of the distribution market with major distribution “networks” reporting quarterly performance. Last week we shared Rexel’s North American (and US) performance. Now we have insight from Graybar, AD and […]

Customer Segments / Industry News / Lighting / Lighting2 / Manufacturers / Marketing Groups / More Insights / Technology

Lights On, Lights Off – The Tale of Cree and Acuity

David Gordon Posted On November 1, 2016

You may remember the tv ads for The Clapper. The device where you clapped and the lights went on; clap again and they went off. It appears to be making a comeback, albeit as an analogy for Acuity and Cree. […]

Distributors / Industry News / More Insights

Rexel North America Down More than Market

David Gordon Posted On October 30, 2016

Rexel’s North American group, which represents 35% of company sales continues to underperform the market. Some highlights / lowlights from their quarterly report: Corporately, organic sales down 4.3% (including negative pricing from copper of .9% worldwide); down 5.6% including currency […]

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Encore and Schneider / Square D highlight construction market

David Gordon Posted On October 30, 2016

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 […]

Growth Strategies / Industry News / More Insights / Research Reports

Construction Outlook: up 5% in 2017; Building Construction Up 8%!

David Gordon Posted On October 26, 2016

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 […]

Contractors / Customer Segments / Growth Strategies / Industry News / Lighting / Lighting2 / Manufacturers / More Insights / Productivity / Research Reports

Construction Process Disruption & 2017 Dodge Construction Forecast

David Gordon Posted On October 25, 2016

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 […]

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Attend Free Advanced Business Planning Webinar

David Gordon Posted On October 25, 2016

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 […]

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AD Ascends

David Gordon Posted On October 23, 2016

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 […]