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NAILD Wins in Reno April 24, 2019

A Kinder, Gentler DLC? April 10, 2019

Last Chance to Register for NAILD Innovation March 27, 2019

How to Correctly Position Yourself in Lighting March 13, 2019

Connecting Value to Connected Lighting February 27, 2019

More Dynamic & Robust…Check Out Our New Look! February 13, 2019

Who Will Bow Out of Lighting in 2019? Will You? February 7, 2019

What’s Happening to Lighting Sales? January 30, 2019

Is the Lighting Industry Ready for… January 23, 2019

Werner Electric Supply Acquires US Lamp January 16, 2019

Li-Fi Gets Real January 9, 2019

What Do Consumers Think About Smart Lighting? January 2, 2018

NAILD Rebels Shattering the Status Quo December 26, 2018

New Lights Can Monitor City’s Weather, Pollution, Waste December 19, 2018

Leading Advocate for SSL Adoption Retires December 12, 2018

Cheeky Brits’ Video Demos How Not To Sell Lighting December 6, 2018

Are Light Bulbs Spying On Us? November 28, 2018

NAILD Presents The Biggest Little Light Show November 21, 2018

Rebate Programs: The Good, Bad & Ugly November 14, 2018

NAILD Members Discuss Hot Topics in the Lighting Industry November 7, 2018

LED and Rebates: Know Your Stuff  October 31, 2018

Get a Grip on ‘More Lighting Dork Stuff’ October 24, 2018 

Lighting Industry Leaders: It’s Time for Us to Unite October 17, 2018

Who to Trust in Lighting October 11, 2018

Cannabis Cultivation Lighting Market Burgeons October 3, 2018

A Look at One of the Biggest Threats to the Lighting Industry September 26, 2018

How to Improve the Lighting Retrofit Audit Process September 19, 2018

Act Now to Receive 15% Off NAILD’s LS Courses September 12, 2018

What Does a Successful Lighting Agency Look Like? September 5, 2018

Get a Grip on Lighting’s Biggest Competitor, Software for Connected Lighting, Signify Selling Lights and More August 29, 2018

Get a Grip on the War for Talent, How to Sell More Lighting and the DLC August 22, 2018

Get a Grip on the Amazon Effect, Tariff Impact, Attempted Theft of Secrets and More August 15, 2018

Major LED  Makers Switch Focus  August 8, 2018

Lighting Industry Loses an Icon: RIP Paul Hafner August 1, 2018

GE to Sell  Business by End of 2018  July 25, 2018

 Test Your Lighting IQ: The LS Quiz Returns July 18, 2018

 Is It Time to Refocus Your Sales Efforts? July 11, 2018

Are You Ready for the Era of Illumitunity? July 5, 2018

Get a Grip on this Recap, the Warranty Storm, Lighting’s DC Future, Confusion in the LED Arena June 27, 2018

Get a Grip on Sparkfund, Tariff Effects, Networked Lighting Control Systems June 20, 2018

Get a Grip with Bill Attardi, More Non-LED Lighting Price Increases, Take the Q2 Biz Survey and More June 13, 2018

Don’t Miss the 15% Discount on LS-I, LS-II and LS-C June 6, 2018

Interested in LS-I? This Issue is for You! May 30, 2018

Act Now to Get Lighting Specialist-Certified for Less May 23, 2018

How to Navigate the Lighting Evolution May 16, 2018

Get a Grip with Paul Hafner, Amazon v. Distributors, New Green Creative CEO, Panel on Lighting Codes & Standards May 9, 2018

Zucker Featured in Fortune, Get a Grip on Value-Added Selling, OLEDs, Tariffs and More May 2, 2018

Philips Lighting Moving Manufacturing to Mexico, Lutron Acquires Ketra, Get a Grip on Lighting and More April 25, 2018

Enter the Matrix with Dan Ryan April 18, 2018

Learn About ULT Job Cuts, Manufacturer Warranties, Citizen Testing, EyeComfort and More April 11, 2018

The Case for Distribution April 4, 2018

Get a Grip on Horticultural Lighting, Distributors’ Standing, Top 10 LEDs and More March 28, 2018

What Do You Think About Philips Lighting’s New Name? March 21, 2018

Keystone’s Success Story, Philip’s New Hire, DLC’s Response, Lighting Quiz and More March 14, 2018

Guess Who’s Bidding on GE Lighting, Get a Grip on the IES, Test Your Lighting IQ March 7, 2018

RAB Lighting Responds to Reports of Layoffs February 28, 2018

Why You Should Never Buy A Light Bulb Again, NAILD Innovation Photos, Latest on GE Lighting February 21, 2018

Guess Philips Lighting’s New Name, Meet a New Mover & Shaker, Test Your Lighting IQ February 14, 2018

Get a Grip on the Health Effects of Artificial Lighting, Take the New LS Quiz, Ponder Lighting’s Future February 7, 2018

Get a Grip on PoE Lighting, Dimming, LaaS, LED Downlights January 30, 2018

The Inside Scoop on the DLC and 2018 Sales Boosters January 24, 2018

LEDVANCE Closing Plants, Philips Trims R&D, Fluorescents Outperform TLEDs January 17, 2018

Long-Time Distributor Retires, Bader Takes the Mic and More January 10, 2018

The 5 Most Interesting Lighting Articles of 2017 January 3, 2018

A Look at TCP Cuts, Business Strategies, What’s to Come and More December 27, 2017

2018 Lighting Trends, Distributor Business Tips, TCP Update and More December 20, 2017

Executive Shakeup at Three Major Lighting Companies December 13, 2017

How to Capitalize on the Demand for LED Upgrades December 6, 2017

CRI and Energy Star Program Face Uncertain Futures November 29, 2017

Current on GE’s Chopping Block, LEDVANCE Planning Deeper Cuts November 22, 2017

New Lighting Podcast, Product Investigation, Partnerships and More November 15, 2017

LEDVANCE Layoff, Patent Dispute, LED Bulb Cost Details and More Inside… November 8, 2017

Waking Up to a Changed Lighting World November 1, 2017

Green Creative Joins Forces with ILP Holdings October 25, 2017

He (Kinda) Hates the Lighting Industry Sometimes October 18, 2017

Siemens Exits Lighting with Sale of Osram Stake October 11, 2017

Meet the 10 Disruptors Transforming Lighting October 4, 2017

Lighting Manufacturing Moving Back to the United States September 27, 2017

Drone Displays Omnidirectional LED Images September 20, 2017

Has Lighting Gone Utterly Bonkers? September 13, 2017

Are Inflatable Lighting Fixtures a Cool Idea? September 6, 2017

Learn About the Impact of Controls on Energy Codes August 30, 2017

A Summer of Funk in the Lighting Biz August 23, 2017

Listen to NAILD’s New Lighting Podcast August 16, 2017

The Untold Story of the LED Tube August 9, 2017

Lighting Pro Rails Against Human-Centric Lighting August 2, 2017

IES Disputes Some Claims in AMA Report July 26, 2017

GE, Philips, OSRAM Want Out. Or Do They? July 19, 2017

Learn How to Search the DLC’s Qualified Product List July 12, 2017

20 Crimes Against Lighting July 5, 2017

How Lighting Technologies Evolved Over the Millennia June 28, 2017

Li-Fi Tested in Subway Terrorist Attack Scenario June 21, 2017

GE Lighting Officially For Sale June14, 2017

The Future of Lighting Has Arrived. Expect More! June 7, 2017

NAILD Unveils Market-Specific Lighting Training May 31, 2017

Connected Lighting May Be IoT Killer App May 24, 207

Get a Grip on Lighting May 17, 2017

The Top 11 Must-See Products at LightFair May 10, 2017

RIP Steve Squillace May 3, 2017

Fashion Lights Up Empire State Building April 26, 2017

The Evolution of NAILD April 19, 2017

General Electric Wants to Sell Lighting Business April 12, 2017

Light Intelligence for Everyone April 5, 2017

The Lighting Industry’s New Paradigm March 29, 2017

Get the Facts on LED Street Lighting March 22, 2017

Welcome to the Great Lighting Industry Consolidation March 15, 2017

Light the Way You Were Meant to See It March 8, 2017

NAILD: Rebranded & Rebounding February 29, 2017

A New Dawn for Lighting Technology February 22, 2017

Managing Generational Diversity in the Workplace February 15, 2017

Shoring Up Distributor-Supplier Relationships February 8, 2017

Is the Light Bulb Immortal? February 1, 2017

Ringing in the New Year in the LED and SSL Sectors January 25, 2017

Forces Under 40: Meet the Industry’s Future Leaders January 18, 2017

In the Beginning, There Was Light(ing) January 11, 2017

Managing Generational Diversity in the Workplace  January 4, 2017

NAILD Examines Future of Lighting at Conference December 28, 2016

Distribution’s Voice Missing from Rebate Programs December 21, 2016

Homeless Veterans to Run LED Light Factory December 14, 2016

Niagara Falls Gets $4M Lighting Makeover December 7, 2016

Past, Present and Future of the Lighting Industry November 30, 2016

Manufacturer Turned Rep Provides Industry Insights November 23, 2016

Could Light Alleviate Alzheimer’s Symptoms? November 16, 2016

NYT: Hackers May Target Light BulbsNovember 9, 2016

Council Baffled by AMA’s View of LED Lighting November 2, 2016

Dartmouth: The Dark Light Rises October 26, 2016

From Living in a Car to $40M in LED Sales October 19, 2016

Help NAILD Identify the ‘Forces Under 40’ October 12, 2016

NAILD Launches Innovation Days October 5, 2016