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I’m looking forward to being a guest today on LEADsmart’s Around the Horn. If you haven’t heard of Around the Horn, it is a live podcast (yes, you can watch …
Market Insights
Digital Commerce Tools Make You, and Demand Generation, Easy
For years I’ve talked to clients and communicated on HVACRTrends that eCommerce is not about buying online via a website. That it is about is doing commerce (business) electronically. It’s …
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Unlocking Online Sales
Watsco and Ferguson’s performance has shown HVAC distributors that HVAC contractors are using eCommerce. While they may not be “shopping” like B2C buyers, they are using distributor websites for product …
2024 in Review: HVACR Industry Trends from a Danfoss Perspective
With 2024 in the rearview mirror, Vikas Anand, Vice President of Sales, Danfoss Climate Solutions, North America, shares his thoughts on what the trends were (and some, if not all, …
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Trane and BrainBox AI Join Forces
Manufacturers and distributors talk much about AI and how they are using, or planning to use, it within their business workflows to improve sales processes, customer service, deliver analytics, improve …
Update : Auer Steel continuing to partner with end customers to recruit future associates
The Auer Steel and Heating Supply Company team continues to create programs that matter for their end customers and the channel. In September, we first started featuring Auer Steel’s work …
Attendee roundup and thoughts from HARDI 2024
Last week – HARDI 2025 was held in Atlanta Dec 8-11th. With over 2,000+ attendees and over 500+ wholesalers/distributor companies represented the event grew again in size this year. We …
Where is the channel headed? Thoughts from HARDI 2024
This week – I wanted to share some thoughts from some friends and associates who are attending HARDI 2025 in Atlanta. The event concludes today on Tuesday December 10th, and …
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AI … A Driver of 2025 Profitability?
There has been lots of conversation regarding AI in the HVACR channel over the past few years. It started with the launch of ChatGPT and has gained topical steam since …
Ferguson Annual Report Analysis … HVACR and Plumbing Dual Trade focus continues
A few weeks back my colleague David Gordon wrote a column on Ferguson’s Q4 numbers. Ferguson added to that release with additional information that was contained in their full annual …
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