There was an interesting article in last week’s US Lighting Trends, a joint service of Channel Marketing Group and Kerrwil Publication regarding the future of lighting. Linda Longo of US Lighting Trends interviewed Mark Lien. Mark has more accreditations behind […]
Summer is seemingly less busy for acquisitions. During Q2 we had eight distributor acquisitions. Last month Graybar acquired Shepherd Electric and this month started with two independent electrical manufacturer representatives being acquired by a firm owned / backed by a […]
Within distribution there is a continuous, and increasing, call for distributors, manufacturers, and manufacturer representatives to “invest in technology.” And I would presume that companies are spending more on technology / digitalization than ever before. It may not show up […]
Yanow Inc., a leading electrical manufacturers’ representative, serving the six New England states, and celebrating its 75th anniversary, is undertaking expansion. The agency recently announced that it now serves New York State, representing the following manufacturers: The following Atkore Brands […]
Halco Lighting, a lighting solutions manufacturer with a broad offering including energy-efficient lamps, ballasts, and lighting fixtures, is proud to announce that they have signed two new electrical manufacturer representatives to support their sales initiatives in the southeast. To […]
The technology topic of the year has been, and will continue to be, AI. In reality, much of AI is really ML (machine learning) but it’s not as “sexy” to talk about data being built into algorithms, to mine data […]
Recently nVent released their 2022 ESG report (on 2022 activities). For those who don’t know, ESG stands for Environmental, Social and corporate Governance. While every company strives to be a good corporate citizen, some companies have formalized their efforts into […]
The essence of an electrical distributor is the ability to acquire products and disseminate it locally. In other words, be a warehouse operator. The more efficiently a company can do this, at scale, the more profit it can generate (and […]
As the Q2 Pulse of Lighting report highlighted, the the lighting market is experiencing slow / no growth and, for some companies, is contracting. In fact, the second half outlook points to a contraction. However, it remains a large component […]
Espen Technology, a leading manufacturer of indoor, LED lighting solutions, announced that nearly all of its lamps and retrofit kits are now CCT-selectable. The company has been developing each of its lamp and retrofit kit families to be CCT-selectable to […]
