David Gordon
Publisher at ElectricalTrends
President, Channel Marketing Group, a strategic planning, marketing & research firm helping distributors/manufacturers in the construction/industrial industries
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1 week ago |
electricaltrends.com | David Gordon
Since President Trump signed Executive Order 14220 on February 25th titled “Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper” the price of copper …On 2/25/25 was $4.4860On 3/3/205 was $4.5765On 3/19/25 was $5.0760On 3/26/25 was $5.2160 (its height)On 4/7/25 was $4.1275 (is low)On 4/16/25 was $4.6865Or “what goes up, comes down, to go back up.” It’s been a rollercoaster.
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1 week ago |
electricaltrends.com | David Gordon
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been observing the quarterly reports and other communiques by distributors in a number of industries – Sonepar, Rexel, Watsco, Fastenal, Grainger, Ferguson and similar – and there has been a recurring trend … growth in their eCommerce business. Admittedly, for most of them, a deeper dive would probably reveal that this is not seismic growth in new customer business but a transference in the channel that their customer is doing business.
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1 week ago |
electricaltrends.com | David Gordon
Channel Marketing Group is pleased to partner with NAW and MDM on the upcoming MDM Shift conference, scheduled for May 13-15, 2025. I’ve known Tom Gale and MDM since I was at IMARK. MDM has been the preeminent publication sharing best practices and ideas across industries for many years. Since 2017, when they got into the conference business, they have received rave reviews for the takeaway content and the audience. They’ve had great speakers talking about the issues of today … and tomorrow.
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2 weeks ago |
electricaltrends.com | David Gordon
Q2 started with some personnel announcements and an acquisition announcement so we wrapped up Q1 with an overview of People, Products, and Companies. PeopleMcNaughton-McKayIn a move that surprised many, McNaughton-McKay announced that Steve Guidry is now the new EVP Sales & Marketing. Guidry spent almost 5 ½ years as the VP, and then SVP, of Supplier Relations for AD’s US electrical group (now IESD).
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2 weeks ago |
electricaltrends.com | David Gordon
The last several months have been tumultuous for the electrical industry as tariff policy gyrated to such an extent that the market has effectively paused awaiting more clarity. This was validated by the 1Q25 Pulse of Lighting results, where much of the business went into paralysis, especially at the end of the quarter due to tariff uncertainty. Some degree of clarity came, in part, on April 2 with the “Liberation Day” tariff announcements.
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Our Q2 Pulse of Lighting survey revealed a declining growth in the lighting market with manufacturers barely generating a positive number (and that's with the typical survey halo effect!) And the outlook for Q3 is more of the some…https://t.co/PM9c1pBq4l https://t.co/5J6Yk1oxwv
Okay, this topic may be controversial and I'm sure many will be hesitant to share a thought but hopefully within some independent electrical manufacturer rep firms it will create some discussion ... Should independent electrical r…https://t.co/gA6E84dw4w https://t.co/KN77HN6g7X
When a contractor mentions "switchgear" or "transformers" to a distributor, the distributor cringes at the thought of having to mention the "L" word ... Lead-time. Frequently the distributor needs to respond in years! Reportedly…https://t.co/wMlcNOkMso https://t.co/kEnuXhw4DY