As many know, I worked for an electrical industry marketing / buying group years ago and part of my role was membership recruitment … so I’ve “sold” the value-added of a marketing group.But what got me thinking about the topic […]
Yesterday FedEx lowered its 2013 GDP forecast to 1.9%, down from 2.4%. It doesn’t sound like much until you realize that it is a 21% decline! Pretty much a stagnant market. And while this may not correlate directly to your […]
Recently I’ve talked to a number of distributors who only want to talk about their desire (they say “need”) to develop a social marketing initiative and/or an app. The sense is that since others have apps, they need one; since […]
August marks the five year anniversary of ElectricalTrends and we would like to thank you for your readership, support, interest and comments over the years. We launched ElectricalTrends as a means to share insights and observations regarding the electrical distribution […]
This month we’ve seen an acceleration in the acquisition game for distributorwww.codale.coms and manufacturers. Consider on the distribution front: Kaman buys Zeller (which we commented on) Crescent buys McCullough in Pittsburgh (a Schneider Electric automation house, giving Crescent 2 locations […]
Last week a new competitor was introduced to the industry … and distributors, probably primarily Schneider Electric distributors that are authorized Automation and Control distributors, were introduced to a new acquirer (and competitor). Graybar also probably now has a new […]
Your Business Speed You might think this is a heck of a time to explore the speed of your business as for many, sales are regressing. But the fact of the matter is that more and more evidence among reporting distributors shows […]
The controls industry has attracted much attention from electrical distributors over the past couple of years – whether it be industrial controls, lighting controls or building controls. Lighting Controls: As many know, Leviton acquired HAI (Home Automation Inc) which many […]
Earlier this week there was an article in the WSJ regarding a new Amazon service called Amazon Locker Delivery. The concept is pretty simple … allow customers to pick up their orders at a convenient location. The concept is the […]
Some industry tidbits ….Sonepar, according to a banking announcement, recently was the beneficiary of a euro private placement. Societe Generale and AXA were able to get “some” of their clients to invest / loan money to Sonepar. No word on […]
