Over the past several years, a variety of lighting trends have combined to impact the school and higher education lighting retrofit market. One example is the plummeting cost of LED lighting products. LED tube lamps, also known as TLEDs, have […]
Talk to anyone in the electrical industry and one of the issues that inevitably come up is how every company is short-staffed. Recruiting staff is a challenge for all. Whether it is from replacing people due to retirement, the need […]
Last week Chris Sokoll from DISC delivered their April Flash Report to subscribers and shared an excerpt with ElectricalTrends. Much is written, and discussed, regarding the macro-economic challenges that the economy faces and how this is affecting the electrical industry. […]
ETIM North America received the support of eight more leaders in the electrical industry and now has 36 companies to help lead the charge to improve product classification and attribution for the electrical industry and drive digital transformation for the […]
The NEMRA POS Minimum Reporting Standards gained four more endorsements in the first quarter. Why? Because sharing this information, and compensating reps appropriately based upon it, is the right thing to do for everyone in the electrical distribution channel/ Again, […]
The typical Rockwell distributor is tasked with growing their industrial automation business, growing their MRO business and increasing their contractor sales (since most also sell to commercial construction contractors to have a balanced business.) Some also sell industrial supplies and […]
Sonepar, the world’s largest electrical distributor with 2021 sales of $28.8 billion dollars (USD), announced that Sonepar France will be expanding of its eCommerce initiative and what it calls its omnichannel efforts. They announced that they will be launching a […]
Border States, the electrical distribution industry’s largest employee-owned distributor, re-entered the acquisition market and entered the Chicago market. This is their first foray into the Windy City and is the largest metropolitan area that the company has entered. According to […]
John Gross, known as Dr. Copper, authors a weekly newsletter providing significant information on many commodities. He frequently adds some commentary in introduction highlighting some trends. In this week’s issue he shared: “The last time we looked, WTI crude oil […]
The recently signed Infrastructure bill’s wide scope provides ample opportunity for project work in the electrical industry. Peter Ferrell, Manager/Connectivity & Data Policy for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), detailed the benefits of the bill and announced the creation […]
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