The “go-go” days of post-Covid are gone. We’re back to pre-pandemic industry growth rates of 3-5% organic growth. Maintaining, and improving, net profitability in the face of slowing growth, increased cost structure, and stagnant (if not decreasing) margins, requires improved […]
Schreder, who recently purchased Ligman Lighting, is seeking a General Manager for Ligman. The General Manager role will lead the day-to-day activities of the newly acquired business entity in Hillsboro, OR. The GM will have P&L responsibility for the business […]
Another week, another acquisition in the electrical distribution industry. Last week, Fields Electrical Sales, an independent manufacturer representative covering Ohio, Michigan, western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia was sold to Forward Solutions, whom you may recall acquired ElectroRep and R/B Sales […]
Our Q2 Pulse of Lighting survey is now open. Share less than 2 minutes of your time, some marketplace insights and we’ll share an industry report you can use to benchmark your performance. This survey, now in its 6th year, […]
Acquisitions continue to transform the electrical distribution industry as evidenced by Border States acquiring Dominion Electric, Sonepar Acquiring Standard and Madison Electric, Electrical Wholesalers (a USESI operating company) acquiring ASKCO, Graybar’s Valin business acquiring Dynamic Solutions, and Rexel acquiring Talley […]
Last week’s AD / IMARK Electrical merger news was the shocker of the year. Some commented that it may be of the past 5 years whereas others have foreshadowed this by asking “In the world of consolidation, when will the […]
Electrical Career Specialists is working with a large switchgear manufacturer to add a Director of Marketing to their team. The capacity and delivery issues for the “big 4” switchgear companies are creating opportunities for other, lesser-known, switchgear manufacturers. Are client […]
Last week NAED held its Women in Industry Forum. It was the largest NAED event in years. Our friend and ElectricalTrends contributor, Desiree Grace, attended the event and graciously shared her observations: “It was an electrifying 3 days for the […]
It’s that time of year when publications put out their Top Distributors list based upon 2023 performance. This year I’m pleased to share that I’ll be participating in MDM’s Top Distributors webinar. During the session on June 13th at 1:00pm […]
Current Lighting recently announced two additions to their revenue generating team to support their sales organization and distributors. Recognizing the importance of marketing, Current is welcoming Shannon Thomas, who has significant experience in the building trades marketing through distributors to […]
