Electrical Wholesaling Podcasts

In Episode #128 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast, we will check out some highlights from Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index and look at some new truly huge data centers now in the pipeline. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR EPISODE #128 OF ELECTRICAL WHOLESALING'S TODAY'S ELECTRICAL ECONOMY PODCAST SERIES SPONSORED BY CHAMPION FIBERGLASS Powered by large projects or population growthBoise, Idaho, Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina and Loudoun County should be among  the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in electrical sales potential in 2026. Data center construction will continue to be a key mar...

Episode #127 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast series looks at U.S. counties positioned for some solid growth in the coming months and 2026 and some highlights from the latest electrical pricing trends data from Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Episode #126 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast looks at some of the largest megaprojects now in the construction pipeline and discusses some of the latest comments on the craziness in the copper market. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

The audio-only version of this podcast analyzes the results of the EW-Vertical Research Partner quarterly Market Conditions survey and offers a sneak preview of our upcoming article on 2025’s largest alternate channels of distribution & the annual Electrical Pyramid, which analyzes all the ways electrical products are sold by both full-line electrical distributors and various channels of distr...

In this Electrical Wholesaling Executive Insights podcast, Patrick Knight, IDEA’s president & CEO, tells listeners how IDEA’s portfolio of e-business tools and services can help the electrical market thrive in today’s digital marketplace.

What a wild year it's been for the electrical economy so far in 2025.  The audio-only version of Electrical Wholesaling's Episode #124 of the Today's Electrical Economy podcast offers some guidance about what to expect on the economic front over the next few months. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Federal rebates and financial incentives for EV chargers may be trimmed back. But in this EW Executive Insights podcast, BriteSwitch’s Leendert Jan Enthoven guides listeners to the many other sources of lucrative rebates at electric utilities and state or local programs.

In this EW Executive Insights 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.

Episode #123 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast sponsored by Champion Fiberglass  looks at some fresh data that came out in the 2025 Top 100 ranking.

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 Fiberglass.

Episode #121 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast sponsored by Champion Fiberglass presents a new cut of key market indicators and explores trends from EW's 2025 Top 100 survey.

Episode 120 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast offers an insider's look at Top 100 distributors' take on the 2025 economy. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In Episode #119 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast, you can check out distributors' forecasts in the latest EW/VRP Electrical Marketing Business Conditions survey and see some fresh pricing data from Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Episode 117 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today’s Electrical Economy podcast series sponsored by Champion Fiberglass explores the impact of tariffs on electrical stocks & looks at 2025's busiest market for residential new construction.

Need a quick read on which local areas are showing signs of growth?  Episode 116 of the Today’s Electrical Economy podcast series sponsored by Champion Fiberglass explores  the metropolitan areas, counties, micropolitan areas and states seeing the biggest population increases. 

In this episode of Electrical Wholesaling's Executive Insights, 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.

Along with discussing several key economic indicators that may already be impacted by tariff talks and global uncertainty over the war in Ukraine, Episode # 115 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy Podcast explores the largest data center, airport and hospital projects now in the pipeline. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In this Electrical Wholesaling Executive Insights Podcast, Bud DeFlaviis director of government relations for the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), offers an insider’s take on the legislative issues of most interest to the electrical market. He discusses tariffs, energy issues, business legislation and more.

Episode 114 of the Today's Electrical Economy podcast series explores Electrical Marketing's latest sales potential estimates for 17 key electrical product categories. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In this Electrical Wholesaling Executive Insights podcast, EW Editor-in-Chief Jim Lucy explains why the electrical industry could get hit harder by tariffs than many other industries because so many electrical products have high such high steel, aluminum and copper content.

Episode #113 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast will look at the metropolitan areas with the biggest increases in sales potential and building permit activity. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In this Electrical Wholesaling Executive Insights podcast, learn why Panduit’s Bob Krisel and Jeff Krossel are excited about new sales opportunities electrification will create & the company’s new plant in Mexico.

Episode #112 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast covers the newest billion-dollar data centers & hot electrical stocks. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Episode #111 of the Today's Electrical Economy podcast series by Electrical Wholesaling explores the largest counties for contractor and industrial sales potential. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.