South Carolina-based Current™ (formerly GE Current, a Daintree Company) has unveiled a new brand identity following the historic acquisition of Hubbell’s Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Lighting business. The new enterprise brand – introduced at LightFair – unites the companies under a single identity with the […]
As we get to the midpoint of the year and companies meet for mid-year reviews and discuss their second half strategies, perhaps on of the most important industry forecasts / outlooks is released. Christian Sokoll at DISC Corp just released […]
Retrolux, a leading digital retrofit company for smart and sustainable buildings and UtilityGenius, a North American-focused incentive tracking company, are joining forces to bring UtilityGenius’ best-in-class quick search utility rebate database into the Retrolux software platform where it will be available […]
COVID accelerated many distributors’, and manufacturers’, interest in investing in technology. Coincidentally, just before COVID, NAED released it’s Building a Connected Business report and NEMRA released its Rep of the Future report (if you are a manufacturer or a rep […]
June 13, 2022 The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) deadline is thisclose. On February 14, 2020 the DLC® released Technical Requirements V5.1, with a notice that April 15, 2022 would be the deadline to update V5.0 listed products to V5.1. Those who haven’t updated to […]
New products are the oxygen of manufacturers, and the industry. While most sales come from products that have been introduced more than three years ago, progressive companies focus on a key metric – revenue from products introduced in the past […]
Halco recently announced the sale of their specialty lighting business to Hayward Industries, a leading pool and irrigation manufacturer. Every electrical / lighting distributor is familiar with Halco and their lamp, ballast and fixture offering. It’s probably fair to say […]
Last week WESCO’s board of directors announced a $1 billion stock repurchase authorization. This exceeds the two prior authorizations of $400 million, which expired in 2020, and $300 million initiated in 2017. According to the press release, “Wesco International (NYSE: […]
The second quarter is quickly coming to a close and, for the lighting industry, it ends in a Fair in Las Vegas (LightFair). And if you are attending LightFair, stop by our US Lighting Trends booth – #2277 as Linda […]
Over the past few months there have been a number of small electrical distributor acquisitions that seemingly have fallen below the industry radar. These include: PDI acquired 9 location W.A. Bragg in eastern Georgia and western South Carolina. According to […]
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