IDEA’s recent 2025 eBiz conference held earlier this month in Nashville brought together almost 160 people representing 20 distributor, 20 manufacturers, service companies, and IDEA’s staff. The conference expanded its contextual reach from talking data into the burgeoning topic of […]
The aging of the industry continues as Sonepar announces the retirement of Alan Rosenfeld, its Eastern Region President. According to Sonepar’s press release: “Sonepar announced Alan Rosenfeld, East Region President in the U.S., will retire on January 3, 2026, following […]
Yesterday was a big day at Southwire as both Rich Stinson, Southwire’s CEO, and Norman Adkins, Southwire’s President and COO, both announced their retirements. Southwire is welcoming new leadership, from outside the industry. The new President and CEO is Ganesh […]
When we think of automation we think of manufacturing. More towards equipment. Typically, your first thought is not food even though food processing is a major market segment. And, within food, the first thought is not bacon … although some […]
Atlantic Coast Electric Supply (ACES), the leading South Carolina-headquartered independent electrical distributor, welcomed, and rebranded, its acquisition of Carolina Electrical Supply Co with a grand opening celebration. Atlantic Coast Electric Supply Celebrates the Grand Opening of the Rock Hill Location! […]
Halco Lighting Technologies recently announced its new partnership with Midwest Equipment Co. as its authorized representative for Halco Lighting Technologies® in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Western Missouri. This partnership marks an exciting new chapter for both organizations, strengthening a shared […]
Moments after my last article was published on “throwing strikes in strategy,” I was discussing marketing plans with a distributor to comply with information we had received on their customer’s expectations, and where they might improve. We discussed various issues […]
Recently I was reviewing our Q3 Pulse of Lighting Report and there were a few things that jumped out at me. They included: Impact of tariffs (I know, duh!) but some comments about Made in America manufacturers. The most promising […]
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve solicited the industry input into the pulse of the lighting industry in Q3. We had heard, nationally, and on average, that business was challenging, and, for the most part, that’s what the results […]
Historically those of us “south of the border” (the Canadian border) estimate that the Canadian electrical market is about 10% of the US market. We’re close. According to the latest Pathfinder report, compiled by Kerrwil Media in partnership with Electro-Federation […]
