Recently I was contemplating the news that is impacting our industry and considering if what we are doing today will enable us to be successful going forward. Key headlines you hear repeatedly business newscasts include: Increased Interest rates making it […]
As of July 1, the nonprofit DesignLights Consortium® (DLC) has completed the transition to the newest version of the Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Technical Requirements (V5.1) — a policy designed to increase efficacy and improve quality of light and controllability of […]
The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) will host a July 13 webinar to present the results of last year’s Energy Reporting Working Group and discuss the next steps for DLC energy reporting requirements and guidelines. The DLC requires energy-monitoring capability (with an […]
As those in the electrical distribution channel know, rebates have become an integral part of many discussions. For distributors, in most cases, they have become an expectation, perhaps best defined as a “requirement to do business with them” for many […]
Last Thursday Acuity released their Q3 earnings report and exceeded industry performance when comparing their Independent Sales Network to our Q2 2022 Pulse of Lighting report (average industry results.) Congratulations to Acuity and its agents. Acuity Q3 (spring) Quarterly Results […]
Last month we solicited input from electrical / lighting distributors, lighting manufacturers, independent manufacturer reps and lighting agents on their forecast for their Q2 lighting business. Over 225 shared their insights. And, overall, it appeared that the lighting market slowed […]
Espen Technology’s DLC 5.1 indoor retrofit products are now available! Espen Technology, a leading manufacturer of indoor, LED retrofit lighting products, has announced that it has 295 models of DLC V5.1-listed indoor retrofit products on the DLC Qualified Products List […]
Our recent posting on digital transformation got me thinking about data. Quality, matching data is the foundation of a digital initiative as, after all, data is what gets transmitted. This is needed for ERP systems and websites. For most distributors, […]
Last week almost 10,000 people from the electrical and lighting industry descended on Las Vegas to attend LightFair, which was held 8 months after the industry last convened to see lighting products in New York. This show had a different […]
Earlier this afternoon we learned that Dave Kinsella, president of AD’s Electrical Division in the US is leaving the organization. According to an email sent from Marisol Fernandez, President, Electrical & Industrial Business Unit to members and suppliers at 3:00pm, […]
