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Fastenal said it achieved growth in its safety category, reflecting the lower volatility of PPE demand, which tends to be utilized in more MRO than OEM applications; growth of...
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Join IDEA’s Patrick Knight and Mark McGready for an engaging webinar devoted to exploring how to turn complex analytics into clear action, and accelerate sales performance with...
Aug. 20, 2025
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Forecasting can be a tricky business. Your winning bet to succeed boils down to a rather simple, three-step approach: Work with your management team to gather all the facts you...
June 16, 2025
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Want to know how Hein Electric Supply doubled their online orders in under a year? Join our webinar to discover the ecommerce strategies powering their record-breaking growth....
June 12, 2025
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Despite concerns over tariffs, distributors who responded to the Q1 2025 electrical market business conditions published by Vertical Research Partners, are still expecting solid...
April 17, 2025

Executive Insights

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While federal rebates and financial incentives for EV chargers may be trimmed back, BriteSwitch’s Leendert Jan Enthoven guides listeners to the many other sources of lucrative...
June 30, 2025
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In this podcast you will learn why Mary Shaw is so passionate about electrical product standards, and why she believes they form the foundation of the digital electrical marketplace...
June 24, 2025
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Roger Little, Rexel USA's CEO, offers some great insight into growth opportunities in data centers and energy, the challenges with tariffs and the company's acquisition philosophy...
March 11, 2025
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In this Electrical Wholesaling Executive Insights Podcast, Bud DeFlaviis director of government relations for the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), offers...
March 3, 2025

News

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The expansion of the rep relationship with the Bizzarro & Brindisi rep firm will help ABB Installation Products centralize customer support in New York City, Long Island, the ...
July 9, 2025
NEMRA
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NEMRA is helping the electrical community highlight the manufacturers investing in U.S.-based facilities.
July 8, 2025
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Booyzen brings more than 12 years of experience in the lighting industry, with a background in design, manufacturing, software integration, installation and commissioning.
July 7, 2025
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All respondents will get a free copy of the report so they will be able to see how their responses compared with those of other distributors. Survey conducted by Electrical Wholesaling...
July 2, 2025

Business Management

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Ed will be remembered as a visionary in the field of electrical product data, a rabid New England sports fan, enthusiastic golfer and expert gardener.
June 25, 2025
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E-commerce must now be part of every electrical distributor's go-to-market strategy, judging from the results of this benchmark study from Channel Marketing Group and BigCommerce...
June 18, 2025
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One of the over 20 regional non-profit ETIM organizations worldwide, ETIM North America is charged with supporting the implementation and adoption of the ETIM Technical Information...
June 2, 2025
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Rexel said in the press release that over the past 12 months, Parspec’s software has been successfully deployed across all of its U.S. regions, with over 1,000 users generating...
May 21, 2025

Electrical Economy

Electrical Wholesaling's Mid-Year Economic Review
What a wild year it's been for the electrical economy so far in 2025. Episode #124 of the Today's Electrical Economy podcast offers some guidance about what to expect on the economic...
July 7, 2025
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On the the road and want an audio-only version of Episode #123 of the Today's Electrical Economy podcast sponsored by Champion Fiberglass? This podcast looks at some fresh data...
June 16, 2025
A Look Inside Electrical Wholesaling's 2025 Top 100
Episode #123 of the Today's Electrical Economy podcast sponsored by Champion Fiberglass looks at some fresh data that came out in the 2025 Top 100 ranking.
June 16, 2025
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Check out the electrical product price spikes and huge projects now in the construction pipeline in Episode #122 of the Today's Electrical Economy podcast. Sponsored by Champion...
June 2, 2025

Market Planning Guide

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Electrical Wholesaling's 2025 Market Planning Guide (MPG) offers electrical execs a mountain of data and analysis. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Takeaways from this year's...
Dec. 9, 2024
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Electrical Wholesaling's editors collected data on construction projects valued at $100 million or higher through Oct. 2024 for the 2025 Market Planning Guide.
Dec. 6, 2024
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Jim Lucy, EW's editor-in-chief, provides an overview of this year's Market Planning Guide and offers some tips on how to navigate through all the data.
Dec. 2, 2024
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Use this employment data with EW's sales-per-employee estimates for Electrical contractors of $78,775 per employee and industrial customers of $2,650 per employee to develop sales...
Dec. 2, 2024

Top 100

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Top 100 full-line electrical distributors had an average sales-per-employee figure of $1,059,519 per employee, up +9% from the 2024 number of $971,254.
June 10, 2025
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Technological change & opportunties and a jittery U.S. economy are top of mind for this year's largest distributors.
June 10, 2025
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Think you know a thing or two about the largest electrical distributors in the land? Take this quiz on EW's 2025 Top 100 Electrical Distributors to find out.
June 10, 2025
Lonestar Electric Supply
Lonestar Electric Supply opened up several new branches, including a new facility in Nashville, TN.
Learn about the capital investments and other projects Electrical Wholesaling's Top 100 Distributors have been working on.
June 9, 2025