As you may recall, Pat Schrager, VP Global Distribution for Panduit, recently shaved his head in support of kids fighting cancer. This occured during a St. Baldrick’s Foundation Party on March 20th. Pat set a goal of raising $5,000 and […]
The key with counters is giving a reason for people to come to you vs. someone else, especially since competing distributors like to congregate geographically and that there are usually more than a few places (i.e. Home Depot and Lowes) […]
In today’s economic climate we have witnessed changes in governments in the Middle East and many have wondered what the fallout will be in both our business budgets and personally at the gas pump. This is not about political, but […]
According to the Wall Street Journal is Clean Energy. And yes, that does beg the question of “What is Clean Energy?” It appears that Clean Energy is the antithesis of Dirty Energy, which infers fossil fuels. The ensuing articles in […]
Everyone has wondered why there hasn’t been more acquisitions in the industry over the past couple of years, and the question was asked again at the recent NAED SouthCentral conference. In discussions with companies that one would characterize as “acquirers”, […]
The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in San Antonio, TX. Our schedule was chockerblock full with meetings with distributors and manufacturers. In fact, over the 2 1/2 days of the meetings, we didn’t have a break for our typical […]
Now this is a face that many of us know (and yes, you know the rest of the phrase) And if you don’t know him from this wonderful photo, it is Pat Schrager, VP Global Distribution for Panduit. But think […]
Just returned from the NEMRA meeting which was held in Boston. And the powers above looked over NEMRA as the weather was great for winter in Boston (it’s snowing there today but last week was blue skies!). The meeting was […]
The SNEAK PEEKYesterday Trade Service announced that they are bringing out an “eDataFlex Service Console (TM)” for their existing customers. We’ve heard from several clients that Trade Service has been working on this FREE Service Console for several months (maybe […]
Sonepar, one of the largest global electrical distributors, recently released some information about its 2010 results, and they are very encouraging. Enough so that the company, globally, intends to grow organically as well as through acquisition (as it recently did with its […]
