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China and Chile – Stalwarts in Copper
By Jim Williams The price of copper continued its upward swing – even though only slightly – to start out the week. Experts say the positive movement is a result…
Look at Lighting: LEDs – Pricing No Longer an Excuse
Stan Walerczyk In the last year, LED performance and pricing have really improved. I have been presenting seminars comparing LEDs with high performance incumbent technologies since the 2011 Lightfair. With…
Copper Update – It’s all about Qingdao
By Jim Williams “It’ll all blow up. Or it’ll all blow over.” – Head of one LME brokerage Copper futures opened the week lower on the London Metal Exchange…
Contractor’s Corner: Joe Martin, KenMor Electric
By Jim Williams The latest Contractor’s Corner comes from the Lone Star State. We went in expecting a specific answer, but was pleasantly surprised by the answer Joe Martin, Vice…
New Jersey Contractor Says No Thanks To Online Distributors
By Bridget McCrea New Jersey electrical contractor can’t envision a time when an online seller like AmazonSupply replaces its reliable supply houses. The father-daughter team of Anthony Maglio Jr., and…
Grainger focuses on their own e-commerce strategy, not on Amazon
By Jack Keough If there is one distributor who can take AmazonSupply.com head on, experts say, it is Grainger, the MRO industry giant whose e-commerce sales now comprise a third…
Copper Starts The Week With Some Impressive Gains
By Jim Williams Copper futures rallied more than 1% to start the week as investors applauded an upbeat report on China’s manufacturing sector. Data released over the weekend showed that…