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Check out the latest pricing info from Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index and learn about EW's picks for the top three trends to watch in 2026 in Electrical Wholesaling's latest Today's Electrical Economy podcast. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

• Sean emphasizes the importance of meeting customers where they are in their technological journey to improve service and engagement.
• He believes AI will significantly enhance operational efficiency, profitability, and provide more insightful product and marketing information.
• With a background spanning the U.S. and Canadian markets, Sean offers a unique perspective on industry trends and digital transformation.
• Sean’s leadership experience includes roles in electrical, automotive, and distribution industries, enriching his strategic approach to innovation.

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.

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.

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.

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 Purdue University and a Master’s in Business Administration degree from Butler University. He is currently serving on NEMA's board of governors.

Here’s his take on the impact EV chargers are already having on the electrical market and the opportunities they will present in the future.

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.

Along with analyzing our regular weekly indicators, this  Electrical Wholesaling podcast looks at why lumber prices are attracting new attention as a leading economic indicator and offers a mid-year check on electrical stock prices. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Thinking about selling your business? Gary Uren, a partner with the McKinnon Bookhout Partners M&A advisory firm, offers some key tips in this podcast.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast for June 20, 2022 looks at new pricing data in our Electrical Price Index, Electrical Marketing's latest electrical sales potential estimates at metro-area level and building permit data. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In this EW Executive Insights podcast, Leendert Jan Enthoven, CEO, BriteSwitch, offers electrical distributors advice on how to use rebate programs and other financial incentives for electric-vehicle chargers to build a business in this growing market.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast for June 6, 2022 offers a sneak peek at what Top 150 Distributors are seeing with price increases and lead time issues by individual product category, and their take on revenue opportunities from EV charging stations and the Biden infrastructure bill. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast offers a sneak peek at some of the most interesting findings in the Top 150 Distributors ranking that will be published next month and explores the most recent electrical product pricing 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.

This podcast will look at what’s happening with some big electrical stocks in the midst of the downturn on Wall Street, discuss the big increases in electrical manufacturers' new orders and explore some new data center projects. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In this Electrical Wholesaling podcast, Signify's Keith Eagle discusses some of the mega-trends now reshaping the lighting market.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast will explore the latest construction project data from Dodge Data & Analytics & new GDP forecasts for the global economy from S&P Global Market Intelligence. for the global economy Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast for April 11 explores the rough quarter that electrical stocks had, reports on NEMA’s latest survey of its executive members and digs into several recent acquisitions of distributors and reps. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today's podcast will explore the latest price increases in Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index and discuss drilling activity in the oil & gas markets. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

With all the economic turmoil because of the war in Ukraine, Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast will explore the escalation in prices for electrical products and other core materials of importance to the U.S. economy. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast will explore January’s increase in electrical product and construction materials pricing and discuss a new market opportunity that’s starting to gain momentum – offshore wind farms. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling’s Today’s Electrical Economy podcast will explore the rise in oil prices and how the mega-construction projects now hitting the planning stage will affect the electrical market. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In the Jan. 24 Today’s Electrical Economy podcast, Electrical Wholesaling Editor-in-Chief Jim Lucy will explore the latest Electrical Price Index data and a growing construction trend -the conversion of offices and other commercial properties into apartments. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s broadcast look at some of the largest construction project that broke ground or hit the drawing boards over the past month and explore some data measuring the employment crunch at electrical contractors. 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 distribution. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast for December 20 will take a look a broad range of price increases for electrical products and key commodities that have the most dramatic impact on the electrical market. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Today’s broadcast will take a look a contractor employment trends and review some key weekly economic indicators that will give you a sense of where the electrical economy may be headed in the coming weeks. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

To help you with your 2022 market planning, the Today’s Electrical Economy podcast for November 22 explores several economist forecasts for 2022, including the American Institute of Architects’ Consensus Construction Forecast and Electrical Wholesaling’s 2022 Market Forecast.

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast takes a look at the 2022 Dodge Construction Outlook to see which construction niches will provide the most sales opportunities and explores some big acquisitions that are in the news. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

This Electrical Wholesaling podcast will take a look at the electrical products with the largest price increases in September and the largest construction projects that have broken ground over the past two months.  Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In today’s broadcast,  Jim Lucy, editor-in-chief of Electrical Wholesaling magazine, will be discussing Rexel’s blockbuster acquisition of Mayer Electric Supply, the increase in M&A activity in the electrical market and some new construction data from the Dodge Construction Network. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In this podcast you will find out which metros are tops in nonresidential and residential construction so far this year. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In today’s podcast, Electrical Wholesaling recaps electrical distributor merger and acquisition activity and offers an update on construction material pricing. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Along with helping employees operate more efficiently in both on-premise and remote offices, distributors are finding cloud-enabled ERP systems may help attract and retain new employees by enabling a flexible, hybrid work environment—a preference shared by 97% of today’s workforce (Forbes, 2021). In this webinar, Epicor's Dan Kaminstein and Cara Pingel offer tips on how to customize a roadmap for the most effective solution and win the battle for talent.

In the Aug. 23 update of the Today's Electrical Economy podcast, you will learn about the counties seeing the biggest population increases and see if the trend toward huge increases in prices for many electrical products is continuing. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass and produced by Electrical Wholesaling magazine.

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.

In today’s broadcast, listeners will learn about some of the largest construction projects that broke ground during the past few months and get a sneak peak of Electrical Wholesaling’s latest County-Level Electrical Sales Potential figures. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

The July 26, 2021 episode of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy will explore the latest pricing trends and the hottest local metros for single-family and multi-family building permits. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In today’s broadcast of our Today's Electrical Economy podcast series, listeners will learn about the electrical stocks that had the best share price returns in the first half of 2021. 

In this episode, Editor-in-Chief Jim Lucy speaks with Christian Sokoll, president of DISC Corp., on the nature of forecasting amid and after the pandemic, upcoming hot markets, and more. 

In today’s broadcast from Electrical Wholesaling, listeners will learn about the electrical product categories with the largest price increases and take a look at the 200 metros that account for 80% of all electrical sales. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In our June 7 broadcast of Today’s Electrical Economy, we look at the largest construction projects Electrical Wholesaling’s Top 150 Electrical Distributors are working on and some the hottest metros for home builders. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Sponsored by Epicor, this podcast with Jim Lucy, Electrical Wholesaling's editor-in-chief, explores some interesting findings from this year's ranking, including which companies are investing in their businesses, the surge in M&A activity, and who is opening up new branches.

Get a sneak peek at Top 200 distributors' growth projections for 2021 and a look at five key economic indicators for the electrical market in this podcast. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

In today’s broadcast, you will find out what Top 200 distributors think about the 2021 electrical economy &  where they think the Biden Administration’s infrastructure proposals may have the most impact on their business. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Sponsored by Epicor, this webinar digs into the latest best practices for revamping your warehouse operations. Learn some tricks of the trade from two Epicor warehouse management experts – Dan Kaminstein, senior product manager, and Brad Vance, principal consultant and business consulting lead.

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.

In this episode, Electrical Wholesaling Editor-in-Chief Jim Lucy sat down with David Oldfather, CEO of IDEA, and Mike Wentz, VP of sales and marketing, to discuss the company's various services and what the post-pandemic future looks like for them.

Today's podcast explores five key weekly economic indicators and takes a look the potential impact of the Biden Administration’s Infrastructure proposal on the electrical market. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.

Check out the Electrical Wholesaling's picks for the most interesting large construction projects that broke ground in Q1 2021 and the latest key weekly economic indicators measuring the U.S. economy. Sponsored by Champion Fiberglass.