The finalists for the 2023 Showroom of the Year (SOTY) Awards, honoring outstanding lighting retailers across North America, have been selected by the competition’s judging panel. Judging criteria includes…
Category: Lighting Showroom Spotlight
News and stories on residential lighting showrooms and lighting retailers
Hermitage Changes Business Model to Suit Post-COVID World
As times changed over its nearly 80-year history, Hermitage has changed right along with it. Even the name has evolved in keeping with its customer base — from Hermitage Distribution…
Lamps Plus Gains Private Equity Investor
Los Angeles-based private equity firm Nexus Capital Management LP has led a strategic investment in Lamps Plus, Inc., an omnichannel retailer of lighting, ceiling fans, and home décor that sells online through LampsPlus.com…
Bellacor Acquires Creative Lighting, Launches New Strategy
July 18, 2022 Minneapolis-based online lighting, furniture, and home décor retailer Bellacor has announced the intention to purchase Creative Lighting, located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Creative Lighting – an award-winning lighting showroom and…
Saylite Acquires Southern Lighting Gallery & Charleston Lighting
CORE Industrial Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired both Southern Lighting Gallery (SLG) and Charleston Lighting and Interiors by CORE portfolio company Saylite. A one-stop shop for all…
Gross Electric Celebrates 110th Anniversary
Despite a tumultuous year unlike any other, Gross Electric has something to celebrate in 2020: the company’s 110th year continuously serving builders, homeowners, and designers. Now in its third generation…
Hagen’s Lighting: Tyler, Texas
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…
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…
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…
Metro Electric Supply Wins 2 Ameren Awards
St. Louis-based Metro Electric Supply, a locally owned and family-operated wholesale residential, commercial, and industrial electrical distributor, received the Trade Ally of the Year Award for the second year, and…
