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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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),...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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