Shane Hagen’s grandparents started the core family business – a wholesale electrical supply house in 1955 – that expanded to include appliances and lighting over the ensuing 10 years. When…
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A Tale of Two Cities
Lubbock and Tyler are just shy of 400 miles away from each other, and while many may argue that East and West Texas are nothing alike, my road trip to…
KOHLER Enters Lighting Industry in a Big Way at KBIS 2020
From edgy Industrial Chic to classic understated forms, KOHLER Lighting Offers Whole Home Solutions With Details That Shine With the exception of very few companies, most consumers have been historically…
Reaching for the Gold
This year Maxim celebrates half a century of serving the lighting industry. In honor of their golden anniversary, we asked the family to detail their journey over the past five…
Dement Lighting: Lubbock, Texas
Founded in 1959 as a plumbing supply shop called C&M Supply, Dru Dement’s grandfather bought the business 40 years ago and kept the name. According to Dru, it was when…
Fine-Tuning Success
ELK Group International ushers in the ’20s with streamlined operations, honing in on product distinction and greater customer partnership. Although ELK Lighting has been a mainstay in the decorative lighting…
Paying It Forward
Robert Marash of Innovations Lighting opens up about how these 3 Rs – recovery, redemption, and reinvention – have been pivotal to his success with Innovations Lighting. The decade before…
Masters in Metal
Don’t be fooled by the name. Liberty Brass is as renowned for its top notch capabilities in steel and aluminum as for its namesake medium. By Linda Longo What’s in…
Spotlight on SPECTRA
Headquartered in Ontario, the SPECTRA buying group has a significant amount of membership from the contiguous U.S. as well as Canada. By Mary Jo Martin [dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormed in 2007, SPECTRA’s objective…
Achieving a Great Rep-utation
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