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Cutting out ‘the middleman’ is a fantasy: Why d [...]

By David Burnette, vice president sales, electrical division at Wheatland Tube Company It continues to happen on a regular basis. The contractor contacts me and wants to discuss putting together…

Lighting manufacturer details opportunities, challenges in [...]

By Bridget McCrea With domestic business stagnating and – in some cases – shrinking, the lure of the global business environment is hard for many electrical distributors to ignore. As…

Legrand posts double-digit energy intensity reduction acros [...]

By Bridget McCrea Long before buzzwords like “green” and “sustainability” rolled easily off the tongues of business leaders and executives, Legrand was already committed to operating in the most environmentally…

Hitting the high points: What manufacturers love about dist [...]

By Bridget McCrea It’s no secret that electrical manufacturers rely heavily on their distribution networks to get the word out about their products, recommend those products for the correct applications,…

Instant Message: Q&A with Sonepar’s Marie-Christ [...]

For this month’s edition of our “Instant Message” profile series, tedmag.com takes you all the way to France, for industry insight and perspective from Sonepar Chairman and CEO Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette.…

Don’t dismiss Twitter

By John Lorince Twitter may be the most challenging of the social media but it’s also a potentially rewarding one for electrical distributors. When you first get on Twitter, don’t…

Consolidation trends: What does Eaton’s purchase of C [...]

By Bridget McCrea Last week’s announcement that industrial manufacturing firm Eaton Corporation would buy Cooper Industries Plc, for $11.8 billion made some distributors wonder what attracted the former auto parts…

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