It’s been a number of years since Forrester Research and Gartner foreshadowed the demise of electrical distributors and forecasted that the business would 1) go online and 2) be taken over by Amazon and national chains. The part they missed […]
Each element of the channel is talking about information sharing and digitizing of processes. Distributors seek “better” and “more” product content to power their websites, manufacturers and distributors talk about the need for “data” to enable them to do “analytics”, […]
According to a press release from Current Lighting, “Current™, a leading commercial and industrial (“C&I”) lighting and controls company, has appointed William (“Bill”) Tolley as its Interim CEO, effective today. Departing CEO Manish Bhandari was instrumental in leading the company […]
Conexiom is helping electrical distributors, and now electrical manufacturers, scale their businesses by automating the ordering process, enabling repetitive tasks (data entry) to become digitized enabling staff to manage more and/or better serve internal and external customers. It’s website highlights […]
AD launched an interesting, and perhaps valuable, initiative that, on the face of it, would appear to target a core element of an association’s value proposition … training. And, it is interesting given that, presumably, a significant percentage of leading […]
SPAs, or special pricing agreements, have been generating much attention in the industry in the past year. A number of technology companies have descended upon the electrical industry to “enhance / improve” the SPA management process, all in the name […]
SPAN revolutionized the 100-year-old electrical panel, to accelerate electrification of the home. The 2nd generation SPAN Smart Panel harnesses enhanced technology for metering, monitoring, and control. An expanded product suite of intelligent, integrated solutions radically lowers the cost and complexity of […]
OPM. Other People’s Money. Or, perhaps more accurately, your money. Yes, we’re talking about government funding. Your tax dollars and how to recapture some of your tax dollars to help grow your business. Last year the government passed the Inflation […]
Recently Wesco and Grainger shared their Q4 and end of year earnings calls with the investment community. Given that these two companies, collectively, represent about 7-10% of the US electrical market with both giving insights into other secular trends, the […]
ASA Electrical Solutions, a rep agency founded in 2005, with corporate headquarters in Colorado, is expanding into Southern California and growing its Las Vegas, NV presence. The expansion initially will start with the addition of the RYMCO conduit line. This […]
