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Every weekday in December, tED magazine is counting down the Top 20 Stories of 2013. Below, the #2 story of 2013, originally posted on January 8, 2013. By Jack Keough…

Contractor’s Corner: Lighting Rep Agencies

By Stan Walerczyk This column is about lighting rep agencies and their relationships with distributors, and how that impacts distributors’ relationships with contractors. The business model for other types of…

Eaton and Cooper: A year later

By Jack Keough It has been a year since Eaton announced that it would acquire Cooper Industries for $13 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in the electrical…

Blog: Cree Testing New Channels, New Products for LED Adoption

Cree, a leading manufacturer of LED products, reported a strong increase in lighting products and growth of LED fixtures in the first quarter but also indicated that LED sales will…

The Value-Added Distributor Series: Winning the Game

By Bridget McCrea Ask Doug Borchers what he thinks about electrical distributors offering value-added services to their customers and his answer is straightforward:  “We all need to differentiate ourselves from…

Blog: Will LEPs Replace LEDs?

By Brooke C. Stoddard As promising and powerful as light emitting diode (LED) and high-intensity discharge (HID) – including metal halide (MH) – technologies are, plasma lamp technology goes further.…

Blog: LED Sales Driving Electrical Growth

By Jack Keough LED sales are continuing to grow sharply, according to the fourth quarter earnings report from Acuity Brands, one of the world’s largest providers of lighting solutions. For…

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