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Electrical Wholesaling Podcasts

120 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -

Through these podcasts, Electrical Wholesaling magazine aims to bring new insight, market data, unique stories and helpful tips from the $100 billion-plus electrical industry in episodes of under 15 minutes to our audience of electrical distributors, independent manufacturers' reps and electrical manufacturers.

This podcast is produced by Electrical Wholesaling magazine, part of Endeavor Business Media's portfolio of publications. It's edited by Editor-in-Chief Jim Lucy and Associate Editor Ellie Coggins. Artwork by Art Director David Eckhart. For more info on Electrical Wholesaling's unique package of content for the electrical market, check us out at www.ewweb.com.

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Episodes

Frank Hurtte of River Heights Consulting on the New Realities of the Sales Game

April 24, 2024 21:09 - 34 minutes - 47 MB

Frank Hurtte talked with more than 200 salespeople and sales managers as part of the research for his latest book, The New Sales Guy Project. Electrical Wholesaling's Jim Lucy sat down with Frank to learn how  he had so much fun learning from and teaching the industry's new generation of salespeople.

Today's Electrical Economy - Episode 94 - Electrical Pricing Trends & Hot Industrial Markets

April 22, 2024 18:15 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MB

Episode 94 of the Today’s Electrical Economy podcast is sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today's Electrical Economy Looks at Electrical Stocks on the Move in 1Q 2024 - Audio Only

April 08, 2024 16:19 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MB

Episode 93 of the Today’s Electrical Economy podcast sponsored by Champion Fiberglass looks at electrical stocks winners and losers in 1Q 2024 and a new look for GE after its spinoff of its aerospace and power divisions. 

Today's Electrical Economy Podcast - Episode 92 - March 25, 2024 Update

March 25, 2024 18:03 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MB

Episode 92 of the Today’s Electrical Economy podcast sponsored by Champion Fiberglass looks at the latest pricing trends from Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index , some blockbluster distributor acquisitions and the LEDucation lighting show.

EW Executive Insights: Meet Optec LED Lighting's BobTortorello

March 14, 2024 20:13 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MB

Bob Tortorello, VP of sales for Optec LED Lighting, sat down with Jim Lucy, editor-in-chief, Electrical Wholesaling, to discuss his love for the lighting business, how Optec LED competes with the lighting giants for business in the parking garage lighting and area lighting markets, and why today's exciting advances in LEDs continue to make the lighting market is a great place for young people to start their careers.

Today's Electrical Economy - Episode 91 - March 11, 2024 Update

March 11, 2024 17:27 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MB

Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy - Episode 91 highlights some of the largest construction projects that have made headlines in 1Q 2024. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today's Electrical Economy - Episode #90 Feb. 26, 2024 Update

February 26, 2024 19:07 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MB

Episode 90 of the Today’s Electrical Economy podcast sponsored by Champion Fiberglass looks at the latest pricing trends from Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index and the largest local markets for building permits in 2023.

EW’s Executive Insights Podcast: ATI Electrical’s Greg Knowles on Serving the Market for Temporary Power and Switchgear

February 15, 2024 21:39 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB

Knowles and the ATI Electrical team have supplied switchgear, substations, temporary power and related products to several high-profile projects in Las Vegas, including the MGM Sphere, T-Mobile Arena, Resorts World and Las Vegas Water District.

Today's Electrical Economy Podcast - Episode 89 - Feb. 12, 2024 Update - Audio Only

February 12, 2024 19:27 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MB

Episode 89 of the Today’s Electrical Economy podcast looks at the drivers for a surge in data center construction and some other large projects now on the drawing boards and in the construction pipeline. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today's Electrical Economy - Episode # 88 - Jan. 22. 2024

January 22, 2024 18:46 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MB

This podcast looks at several key leading economic indicators for the electrical market and the latest product pricing trends in Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index.  Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy Episode #87 - Jan. 8, 2024 Update -Audio Only Version

January 08, 2024 19:10 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast looks at some large construction projects now in the pipeline and highlight the electrical stocks that did the best in 2023. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - Episode 86 - Audio Only - Dec. 18, 2023 Update

December 18, 2023 19:22 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MB

This podcast looks at Electrical Wholesaling's picks for the hottest construction niches in 2024. 

EW Executive Insights Podcast - A Conversation with DISC’s Chris Sokoll

December 05, 2023 20:54 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MB

Get Chris Sokoll's 2024 Electrical Market Outlook and tips for more effective marketing planning. Chris is the president of DISC Corp. (www.disccorp.com), the electrical market's leading provider of industry sales data.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Episode 85 - Dec. 4 , 2023 - Audio Only

December 04, 2023 18:05 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MB

In this podcast, we will look at electrical sales forecasts for 2024 from Electrical Wholesaling, DISC and several other economist. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy: Episode 84 Audio Only - Nov. 20, 2023 Update

November 20, 2023 18:43 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MB

Episode # 84 of the Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast looks at the latest trends in Electrical Marketings’ Electrical Price Index. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - Episode #83 - November 6, 2023 Update - Audio Only

November 06, 2023 18:09 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MB

This podcast looks at some of the largest construction projects that broke ground in recent months. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - Episode 82 - Oct. 23, 2023 Update / Audio Only

October 23, 2023 17:33 - 18 minutes - 25 MB

This podcast covers the September changes in Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index, Q3 2023 business conditions and 2024 forecasts and the latest distributor acquisitions.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Episode #81/ Oct. 9, 2023 -Audio Only

October 09, 2023 17:48 - 10 minutes - 14.7 MB

Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass, this podcast looks at several of Electrical Wholesaling's picks for the local markets to watch in 2024.

Today’s Electrical Economy - Episode #80 - Sept. 25, 2023

September 25, 2023 17:06 - 17 minutes - 24 MB

In this Electrical Wholesaling podcast, we will look at some of the largest trophy jobs that broke ground over the past few months . Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Sept. 11, 2023 Update - Audio Only

September 11, 2023 18:13 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MB

Episode 79 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast series looks at the latest data for the counties with the largest increases in electrical sales potential. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - August 21, 2023 Update - Audio Only

August 21, 2023 18:20 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast looks at the latest pricing trends in July’s Electrical Price Index data from Electrical Marketing and offers a glimpse of Electrical Marketing’s latest electrical sales potential forecasts. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

ERP Challenges & Opportunities

August 14, 2023 20:16 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB

In this episode of Electrical Wholesaling's  Executive Insights, we chat with Lisa Pope, president of Epicor, and Karthik Chidambaram, founder and CEO of DCKAP, about how electrical distributors can harness the latest in ERP system and digital commerce tools. Epicor is the largest provider of ERP software for electrical distributors and DCKAP builds, enhances and manages  e-commerce storefronts for electrical distributors.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Aug. 7, 2023 Update - Audio Only

August 07, 2023 17:15 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast looks at some large construction projects that recently either broke ground or hit the drawing boards in the past few months and explores the latest population data for the fastest-growing counties in the U.S. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - July 24, 2023 Update - Audio Only

July 24, 2023 15:48 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast looks at the latest Electrical Price Index data from Electrical Marketing newsletter and reveals what electrical distributors had to say about economic conditions in 2Q 2023. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - July 10, 2023 Update

July 07, 2023 18:11 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MB

Today's podcast looks at some large construction projects that broke ground in the past few months, the latest multi-family housing data at the metropolitan areas level and some trends in office occupancy. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

EW Executive Insights Podcast: ABB’s Ed Schwarz on Shoreside Charging Stations for Marine Vessels

July 07, 2023 16:26 - 18 minutes - 26 MB

As more ferries, tugboats and other ships are powered by batteries, shoreside charging stations will become a new business opportunity for electrical contractors, distributors, reps and other electrical professionals. Get ABB's Ed Schwarz's take on this emerging market.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - June 26, 2023 Update - Audio Only

June 23, 2023 21:52 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MB

In this podcast, Electrical Wholesaling looks at data from the latest Electrical Marketing Electrical Price Index and explores several large industrial construction projects that recently made news.

Today’s Electrical Economy - June 12, 2023 Update - Audio Only

June 12, 2023 17:03 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MB

This podcast digs into the latest financial data available for the five largest electrical distributors in Electrical Wholesaling's 2023 Top 150 ranking.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - May 15, 2023 Update - Audio Only

May 15, 2023 16:10 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast offers more insight into what Top 150 distributors think about the current business climate and looks at some of the largest construction projects they are supplying. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - May, 1 2023 Update - Audio Only

May 01, 2023 17:38 - 10 minutes - 14.7 MB

In this Electrical Wholesaling podcast, Jim Lucy, the magazine's editor-in-chief, will look at some of the biggest moves in the Electrical Price Index for March and offer more insight into what Top 150 distributors think about the current business climate. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - April 17, 2023 Update

April 17, 2023 15:55 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MB

This podcast will offer a sneak preview of what some of Electrical Wholesaling's Top 150  electrical distributors see for 2023 business conditions, market challenges and new product opportunities. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - April 3, 2023

March 31, 2023 18:38 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast looks at the 10 local markets and states that had the biggest increases in estimated sales revenues for 2022 and discusses Electrical Marketing‘s U.S. product-level sales estimates. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - March 20, 2023 Update - Audio Only

March 20, 2023 17:54 - 10 minutes - 13.9 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast will highlight the latest changes in Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index and look at pricing trends in some other key construction materials. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - March 6, 2023 Update - Audio

March 06, 2023 18:16 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast will highlight some large construction projects that broke ground or entered the planning stage over the past few months and check out which metros pulled the most building permits in 2022. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Feb. 20, 2023 Update - Audio Only

February 20, 2023 15:31 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MB

In this podcast, Electrical Wholesaling looks at the U.S. counties that had the biggest 2022 increases in electrical sales potential and the 10 metro areas that accounted for 40% of all commercial and multi-family construction last year.

Today’s Electrical Economy - Feb. 6, 2023 Update - Audio Only

February 03, 2023 20:39 - 12 minutes - 17 MB

In today’s podcast, we will explore the results of the latest quarterly economic survey Electrical Wholesaling did with Vertical Research Partners and offer some observations on the recent NEMRA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - Jan. 23, 2023 Update

January 23, 2023 17:38 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MB

In today’s podcast, Electrical Wholesaling explores the latest 2023 Consensus Construction Forecast from the American Institute of Architects and looks at December’s Electrical Price Index data from Electrical Marketing. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Jan. 9, 2023 Update

January 09, 2023 18:43 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast takes a look at the latest distributor acquisitions, the construction project types that may do best in the uncertain 2023 construction market and the latest project data from the Dodge Momentum Index. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - December 19, 2022 Update - Audio Only version

December 19, 2022 13:48 - 12 minutes - 16.5 MB

In this podcast, Electrical Wholesaling looks at the largest new construction projects making news this month and discusses a growing trend in the electrical market’s merger and acquisition activity – rep mergers. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - December 5, 2022 Update - Audio Only

December 07, 2022 20:56 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MB

In today’s podcast, Electrical Wholesaling takes a look at 2022’s distributor merger and acquisition activity and learn which 10 metropolitan market areas offer the most industrial sales potential. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Nov. 21 , 2022 Update - Audio Only

November 21, 2022 17:55 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MB

In today’s podcast, Electrical Wholesaling takes a look at the latest pricing data from Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index and discusses some of the biggest construction projects that have broken ground recently. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s Electrical Economy - Nov. 7, 2022 Update - Audio Only

November 02, 2022 19:59 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MB

Today’s podcast explores Electrical Wholesaling’s 2023 national sales forecast and offers a snapshot of the Utah electrical market. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Oct. 25, 2022 Update - Audio Only

October 24, 2022 17:13 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MB

In today’s podcast, Electrical Wholesaling takes a look at the latest data from the Electrical Price Index and digs into an electrical market snapshot for Florida, one of the fastest-growing electrical markets in the United States.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Oct. 10, 2022 Update - Audio-Only

October 10, 2022 17:02 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MB

In today’s podcast, Electrical Wholesaling takes a look at the latest data on electrical contractor job openings and provides an electrical market snapshot for Texas, one of the fastest-growing electrical markets in the United States.

Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - September 26, 2022 Update

September 26, 2022 17:20 - 11 minutes - 12.2 MB

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast takes a look at Electrical Marketing’s August Electrical Price Index and provides a snapshots of one of the faster-growing electrical markets in the United States -- Tennessee. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Sept. 12, 2022 Update - Audio Only

September 12, 2022 16:47 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MB

EW's Today's Electrical Economy Podcast for Sept. 12 explores Electrical Marketing's picks for three of 2023's most promising local markets.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Aug. 22, 2022 Update

August 22, 2022 17:35 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MB

EW’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast for August 22, 2022, looks at the changes in the July Electrical Price Index and will offer a sneak peak at Electrical Marketing’s updated sales potential estimates. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

EWs Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - Aug. 8, 2022 Update

August 08, 2022 17:05 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MB

EW’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast for Aug. 8, 2022, looks at the surprising growth in the U.S. industrial market, one of the hottest niches of the nonresidential construction market, and discusses a few megaprojects in the fastest-growing sectors.

EW Executive Insights Podcast: ABB’s Michael Plaster on Business Opportunities in EV Chargers

August 03, 2022 19:19 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MB

We caught up with Michael Plaster, executive VP and lead business manager for the ABB Electrification business at the ABB media briefing before the recent ABB Formula E World Championship for electric race cars in Brooklyn, NY. ABB is the official title sponsor for the international 2022 Formula E racing series. Plaster has been an executive leader with ABB for 15 years including roles in utility, construction, and industrial markets. He has a mechanical engineering technology degree from P...

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy Podcast - July 25, 2022 Update - Audio Only

July 25, 2022 16:59 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MB

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast for July 25, 2022, looks at which electrical products saw the biggest gains in Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index and will offer a sneak preview into some of EW’s research into the hottest local market areas. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.