Before I was so rudely interrupted by Captain Sunshine (who I have to admit may have had a few good observations), I had tried to make several points in the previous two columns: · RIGHT-SIZE YOUR BUSINESS. NOW…….SHRINK OR SINK!…
Before I was so rudely interrupted by Captain Sunshine (who I have to admit may have had a few good observations), I had tried to make several points in the previous two columns: · RIGHT-SIZE YOUR BUSINESS. NOW…….SHRINK OR SINK!…
The blog in May 2019 by Chris Brown started out like this: “Hey Captain Sunshine, it’s me CHICKEN LITTLE! Remember me? Remember our debates about Illumigeddon and Fortuity? Well, it’s time to look back and see how we got where…
Hey Captain Sunshine, it’s me CHICKEN LITTLE! Remember me? Remember our debates about Illumigeddon and Fortuity? Well, it’s time to look back and see how we got where we are today in our truly disrupted Lighting Industry. But first, beyond…
Thanks you Randy Reid of EdisonReport for honoring Chris Brown for the Life Time Achievement Award at Lightfair. It was a marvelous night and we had some laughs…..a really fun night.
A look at why the e-tailing giant is actively claiming market share in the electrical distribution space with its Amazon Business division. “If distribution can’t provide significant and measurable value, it doesn’t belong in the sales equation,” wrote Chris Brown,…
Some distributors are already out of business, they just don’t know it yet. When my good friend Chris Brown wrote his epic posts on “Illumigeddon” http://energywatchnews.com/illumigeddon-im-baaaaackby-chris-brown-illumigeddon/ he sparked quite a bit of discussion. I would like to go one step…
The End of Lighting as we Know it or Welcome to Lighting’s Innovation Era. Digital IoT control, continuing advances in the solid-state technology and new business models for installing and selling lighting are rewriting the rules of the lighting game.…
How to successfully position your Company in Today (and Tomorrow’s) Lighting Industry – IMARK Showcase 4/5/16 Presenters: Bill Attardi aka ‘Captain Sunshine’ vs. Chris Brown aka ‘Chicken Little’ A debate on the Future of the Lighting Industry (and how you…
-Or should it be BoE… “Beginning of End” for some lighting distributors. Illumigeddon got real last month with the announcement of an alliance between Philips and Cisco to promote PoE and networked lighting. I asked the question in 2014: When…
The recent discussions regarding disintermediation should be stirring conversation on how distribution deals with a fact of our new lighting life: Some manufacturers will choose to (or feel forced to) deal directly with our end users. Disintermediation is here, and…