DistributED: The David White Exit Interview, Part 2
DistributED: The David White Exit Interview, Part 1
Business Blast: Being Everything To Everyone
Schneider wins guilty pleas from Texan counterfeiter pursue [...]
mailto:ecdotcom@gmail.com”>By Joe Salimando A December guilty plea (with sentencing to come in April 2012) was a major victory for Schneider Electric against a counterfeiter that it has pursued since at…
The future of manufacturer, distributor working relationships
By Robert Nadeau, Managing Principal at Industrial Performance Group, Inc. A strong manufacturer/distributor working relationship has traditionally been something both parties strived to achieve. Our research shows that increased sales…
Construction last year: 69% of 2005’s level
Officially, 2011’s construction spending came in at $787.4 billion, 2.0% below 2010’s $803.6 billion, according to a February Census Bureau news release. These figures are not seasonally adjusted or adjusted…
NAW: 2012 regulatory agenda ‘very real and very trans [...]
http://www.mdm.com/public-policy/2012/02/13/naw-2012-regulatory-agenda-very-real-and-very-transparent/PARAMS/post/28325″>By MDM.com Jade West, senior vice president-government relations for the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, says distributors don’t need to worry about much being done on the legislative front this year…
Futurist discusses Millennials, disintermediation at NAW meeting
On Feb. 1, David Houle, a futurist with a broadcast TV background who wrote http://www.theshiftage.com/”>The Shift Age (published in 2006), spoke to distributors of varied products at the annual meeting…
NEMA index: The future looks even better
NEMA’s monthly report on the numerical read-out of its survey of its manufacturer members produced a big exclamation point for January: An increase (to 79.2) in the Electroindustry Business Confidence…
Leadership: It’s Your Choice
By Rob Fisher, Madison Electric Products Lots of people have leadership titles on their business cards; however, those people aren’t all leaders. Likewise, companies are full of talented people who…