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WESCO Cut 100 More Positions in Q1; Some Positive Signs Ahead
By Jack Keough WESCO, the giant electrical/MRO distributor, eliminated another 100 positions in the first quarter, bringing the total to 550 over the past year. The company has also closed…
Keeping Copper All in the Family
By Jim Williams As we told you last week, Jim Anixter, president at A-Z Industries in Northbrook, IL, said, “I have no control over the price of copper. As I…
Amazon Business Hits $1 Billion in Sales in First Year
By Jack Keough A year ago, when Amazon launched Amazon Business to target business customers, there were many skeptics who wondered how successful the new enterprise would be. Those questions…
Marketing Momentum: How to Craft Compelling Marketing Messages
By Katrina Olson Last week, three other judges and I looked at roughly 300 entries for tED Magazine’s Best of the Best Marketing Competition. Many of them had several components…
Panel to Discuss Growing Sales and ROI Through IDW at NAED [...]
By Scott Costa, Publisher, tED magazine How will your e-commerce strategy over the next 12 months ensure your company the best success for the future? A discussion at the…
Contraction in China: 14 Months and Counting
By Jim Williams Copper prices fell Tuesday after reports that the Chinese purchasing-managers index (PMI) contracted for the 14th-straight month. Caixin Media Company Ltd. and research firm Markit Economics reported…
Electrical Manufacturers Optimistic Despite Sluggishness
By Jack Keough What’s happened to electrical and industrial manufacturers in the past two years might be described as the perfect storm. A strong dollar, currency fluctuations, projects postponed, slowness…