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April 2008


Green Power 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor
Even if you aren't all that interested in the green scene, you can't escape it anymore. When you shell out $60 to fill up your SUV, you start wondering...


Expect a Change 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Herm Isenstein
As we wind up the first quarter, many vendors, reps and distributors are not yet seeing much of a downturn in sales, despite the ominous sounds from Wall...

Alberta's Oil Sands 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dale Funk, Contributing Editor
While its larger neighbor to the south tends to hog many of North America's economic headlines, Canada's economy is making news these days, too. The Canadian...

Slow Time: Showtime 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Doug Chandler, Executive Editor
The residential market in the next few fiscal quarters may look like a stale wad of chewing gum stuck to the bottom of a theater seat. Many local markets...

Analyzing Your Business 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Allen Ray
Many electrical distributors are starting to have concerns about similar business problems. They are losing sales (very often in the residential market),...


Thinking Big 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor
The numbers stagger the mind 500,000 parabolic mirrors in a massive photovoltaic (PV) power plant to be constructed on 2,000 acres in California's Mojave...

The Art of Niching 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor
One of Jack Schuster's favorite business books is Focus: The Future of Your Company Depends On It, by Al Ries. The book urges managers to pare down their...


Over the Next Hill 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor
While writing this month's cover story, Green Power (page 26), I found myself thinking about the many hiking trips I have enjoyed over the years in New...


A Plea for More Sensible Bulb Bans 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
From Australia to California and across Europe, proposals exist to ban the incandescent lamp. The recently enacted energy legislation in the United States...


Facing Our Issues 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Allen Ray and David Gordon
In every channel there are bound to be challenges. When you consider that each member of the channel, be they a manufacturer, distributor or independent...

Leap Past the Lull 
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Frank Heenan
There is nothing like a downturn in the economy to separate the distributors who see the glass as half full from those who see it as half empty. While...





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