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The Darkness News Update 5/9/2024

Get A Grip On Lighting: The Circadian Question

Sales Synopsis: Cold Calling, Part 2

The Lighting Controls Podcast: When a Brand You Don’t [...]

Blog: Osram Starts Trading as Spinoff From Siemens

a By Jack Keough In what had been regarded as one of the largest spinoffs in the electrical industry, Osram Lich AG has started trading on the Frankfurt and Munich…

Blog: Rodney Dangerfield and selling

By Jack Keough One of my friends, who has been in distribution sales for many years, likens his job to that of the words that were the trademark of the…

5 green lighting trends to watch

By Bridget McCrea   Rebates, federal tax incentives, higher energy bills, and the desire to operate in a “greener” manner are driving building owners to rethink the way they light…

Cree breaks 10,000 lumen barrier with expanded family of in [...]

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) has extended its XLamp CXA family of integrated LED arrays with the new higher light output CXA2540 and CXA3050 LEDs. The new CXA LEDs deliver 5,000…

Q&A with Werner Electric Supply’s social media maven

By Bridget McCrea   When Werner Electric Supply customers set out on their trips and vacations last year, they packed a little extra something in their suitcases. Tucked among the…

Lighting gets a little smarter

By Bridget McCrea   With a growing number of organizations and individuals looking for ways to save money on their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprints, smart lighting is…

David Moeller on Graybar’s ‘holistic approach’

After a recent high-efficiency lighting upgrade at its 120,000-square-foot warehouse in North Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis-based Bunzl Distribution lauded Graybar’s “holistic approach” to customer service. According to David Moeller,…

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