The Top 50 HVACR distributors listed here represent more than $11.5 billion in HVACR sales. All responding distributors to the survey represented $12.4 billion. Who made the list and what is being said about distributor business and sales?
Wage and hour issues can be complicated for distributors and costly for their businesses. What rights do you as the employer have? In the first part of this two part series, Nancye Combs, human resources consultant with HR Enterprises Inc., explains wage and hourly solutions for your business.
A legal stay of the furnace regional standards has been granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The stay deems that the Department of Energy (DOE) cannot legally enforce regional standards until the litigation is resolved.
A 30 percent federal tax credit and high levels of consumer knowledge have spurred growth in the geothermal heat pump market. While most estimates have the market at around 1-2 percent, distributors would be wise to educate their customers on geothermal as some predict as much as a 100 percent increase by 2017. Geothermal manufacturer ClimateMaster wants to make that process as easy as possible for distributors.
Greg Dickerson walked in, sat down, and prepared himself for his first Emerson Product Managers’ Meeting at the Emerson Climate Technologies facility in Sidney, Ohio. The branch counter sales and Emerson Technical Specialist from Refrigeration Supplies Distributor in Roseville, Calif., was ready for whatever Bob Labbett and his team had to offer. What did he get out of the meeting?
The first two Focus 2013 conferences are in the books and attendee feedback has been positive regarding the new format. Both gathered a strong mix of HARDI members and their key staff members that most closely related to the regional topics presented. What did they learn while there?
Speed dating for HVAC distributors and vendors. That’s how many described the distributor/vendor meetings that transpired the last few days of the WIT 2013 Distributor/Vendor Conference at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. What else went on during the convention?
As distributors, I am sure you have spent more than a few hours wrestling with the new health care laws. Is it conquerable, or will it eat you up like a nasty gator? Here is some information that could help.
It seems that many distributors believe their information has to be kept secret, especially among those of the Baby Boomer generation. As for Gen Y, sharing and collaboration are cornerstones of many of their business models. So which is the wisest in the distribution industry?
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