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Just like your car needs gas, or perhaps an electrical charge nowadays, to operate, so does your digitalization effort, or more specifically, your business, need data, to operate. And in …
Just like your car needs gas, or perhaps an electrical charge nowadays, to operate, so does your digitalization effort, or more specifically, your business, need data, to operate. And in …
Let’s have a little fun for a change or, in the words of the comedienne Joan Rivers, “can we chat”? For the past few months there has been lots of …
Republic Companies, an electrical and HVACR distributors based in Davenport, IA, received an investment from Graycliff Partners. This New York-based private equity firm invests in small to mid-sized companies and …
Republic Companies Receives Investment from Graycliff Partners Read More »
Private equity firms, which always seem to have access to funds, are looking to acquire distributors, believing this is a growth segment for them In the electrical industry, within the …
AD launched an interesting, and perhaps valuable, initiative that, on the face of it, would appear to target a core element of an association’s value proposition … training. And, it …
AD Enters Leadership Training Arena; Association Competition? Read More »
Last month HARDI held its Annual Conference and, like most, it attracted many manufacturers, distributors and independent representatives from the industry. All had similar questions … “how has your business …
Last week we shared highlights from our recent research on the State of Volume Rebates. But, given the importance of rebates to the net profitability of distributors, I reached out to …
Distributors – Maximize Your Volume Rebates with a Strategic Revenue Plan Read More »
You may remember the phrase “it was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” Well, the past two years have had both. And, for that matter, this …
Recession? 10 Tips to Help HVACR Distributors Avoid One Read More »
Leading manufacturers are always preparing for and examining their HVACR distribution channel for adjustments in 2023. Get yourself prepared for the coming manufacturer-manufacturer rep- distributor realignment games to come. Future-focused …
The markets up, the markets down. You listen to economists and you hear about recession and will the Fed raise rates or hold. Large technology firms are laying people off …