As we close out 2012 we wanted to thank you for your readership, support and comments. Through today we’ve had: Almost 9600 readers visit the site over 21,000 times and read almost 53,000 pages while our subscriber list continues to […]
Something to catch us up a little … a little Reader’s Roundup covering recent (and pending) acquisitions which may accelerate in generating announcements between now and the end of the year, Sonepar’s internship program, apps for electricians (which could be […]
Over the past week I ran across a few examples of low tech and high tech marketing initiatives that may be worth exploring. The ideas come from Platt Electric, Kirby Risk, Walters Wholesale and US Lamps (a small distributor in […]
The week before Thanksgiving NAED held its Eastern Region conference in Hollywood (Ft Lauderdale), Florida. Due to travel and the holiday it was not possible to share our observations and some of the conversations we had, so … According […]
As many know, the scope, and business dynamics, of the Canadian electrical marketplace is different than here in the States. A couple of key benchmarks: The Canadian market is “ballparked” at about 10% of the electrical spend in the US […]
Almost a week has passed since the election and either you’re done celebrating or commiserating. We now know that the chessboard of federal politics hasn’t change but we can all hope that somehow the next four years are more productive […]
Last week another round of incredulity went through the industry as another acquisition was announced. Munro Distributing, an electrical distributor in Fall River, MA with 12 locations who serviced electrical contractors and is active in the solar market and in the energy […]
Over the last several decades the distributor and electrical market has benefited from the data aggregation services provided by Trade Service (TSC). Many of their printed and computerized products contained essential information that allowed distributors to order from their manufacturers […]
Recently I was flipping through the October issue of ElectroIndustry, NEMA’s publication, and saw this ad for IDEA recognizing their Platinum manufacturers. While this is a recognition program, it recognizes these 28 manufacturers for the quality of their data in […]
This year some distributors will make a decision to replace their business system (ERP). There will be remembrances of the last time they went through that defining moment in their business. Many will recall the business disruption and loss of […]
