DistributED: The David White Exit Interview, Part 2
DistributED: The David White Exit Interview, Part 1
Business Blast: Being Everything To Everyone
WESCO Sees Opportunities in the U.S. and International Markets
By Jack Keough In the past four years, WESCO International, the giant electrical/MRO distributor, has made some 11 successful acquisitions and, in a recent conference call with financial analysts, John…
Keeping An Eye On AmazonSupply
By Scott Costa, Publisher, tED magazine Does everyone know who Bill Belichick is? He’s been involved with professional football for 40 years. He’s been an assistant coach for the New…
A Short Week – Not Short on Copper News
By Jim Williams A holiday-abbreviated week in the United States doesn’t stop global movement on the price of copper. Trading activity in London took a dip on the negative side…
The Importance of CRI and R9
By Stan Walerczyk Color rendition Index (CRI) and R9, which is red content, are two important factors to select LED and/or incumbent interior products. This can be critical for distributors…
Contractor’s Corner: Contractor Talks Value-Added vs. Price
By Jim Williams For this latest installment of Contractor’s Corner we travel back out to the Mile High area to talk with David Jensen, Branch Operations Manager, Rocky Mountains, for…
China Is the Key to Copper Prices
By Jim Williams Copper edged higher to start the week, but any potential gains were capped after new home prices in China fell in July, marking the third month in…
Lighting and the Internet of Things
By Stan Walerczyk This week’s lighting column focuses on how the lighting industry is inexpensively incorporating apps and other tools into lighting products and low priced advanced wired and wireless…