Sponsored By: Halco Lighting With Michael & Greg Join Michael Colligan and Greg Ehrich on Get a Grip on Lighting as they dive into the evolving lighting industry in 2025. With rebates disappearing and competition tightening, distributors must rethink their approach. Michael highlights a unique opportunity in repairable fixtures—bringing back the distributor’s original role of … Read more
Sponsored By: SLG With Scott Wachter 2/3/25 – Lighting Episode 389 (Full Version) – Scott Wachter 17:57 You’ve heard him on Monday mornings. You’ve seen his work quarterly. We pull back the curtain on Scott Wachter to take a look behind the scenes at his work on the Lighting Industry News Brief, Today’s Lighting Distributor, … Read more
Sponsored By: Barron Lighting With Michael & Greg 1/27/25 – Lighting Episode 388 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 8:59 Fear. Is that a sales strategy? Michael thinks so. If you have a “perversely commissioned sensor” that suddenly makes the lights go off in a machine room while someone is under the HVAC equipment, the … Read more
Sponsored By: Griplock With Michael & Greg 1/20/25 – Lighting Episode 387 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 15:16 Retrofitting a troffer? Impossible! Or is it? Greg presents a case where maybe, just maybe, it’s possible to save the old fixture. Even Michael thinks this one has a chance to not end up in a … Read more
Sponsored By: Satco With Michael & Greg 1/13/25 – Lighting Episode 386 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 11:50 This one is short but important. Michael and Greg discuss the recent Restoring Darkness podcast featuring Dr. Mario Motta (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEbcyBf-2Ug). Michael and Greg want to get to the bottom of the conflict between Dr. Motta and … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone With Michael & Greg 11/25/24 – Lighting Episode 379 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 15:11 Integrity. Is it in short supply? Michael thinks there is a lot of it in the lighting distribution business. People pay their bills on time, honor handshake deals, and trust one another. But it may not … Read more
Sponsored By: Griplock With Michael & Greg 1/22/24 – Lighting Episode 341 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 31:33 Another short one with Michael and Greg. In this episode, our hosts discuss the phases of a career in lighting distribution. The first phase had Greg going everywhere looking for dead light bulbs or broken lenses … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone With Michael & Greg 8/21/23 – Lighting Episode 322 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 16:36 Idiotic. Stupid. Disastrous. A debacle. We’re talking about the recent light bulb ban of course. Hey DOE, take a walk with Michael or Greg and see how this negatively impacts countless businesses and institutions on the … Read more
Sponsored By: Satco With Michael Colligan & Greg Ehrich 5/22/23 – Lighting Episode 312 (Full Version) – Michael Colligan & Greg Ehrich 28:45 ALERT! ALERT! If you’re a middle class salaried or hourly wage earner, you’re going to keep earning less and less when you factor in cost of living inflation. But despair not! Michael … Read more
Presented by NAILD With Michael & Greg 4/17/23 – Lighting Episode 308 (Full Version) – Michael & Greg 11:38 Michael has noticed, over the years, that vendor members who have quit NAILD, have experienced “the kiss of death.” In this short-form Get A Grip, Michael and Greg riff on private equity take-overs, change of ownership, … Read more