Lighting Industry

  By Geoff Marlow, Founder & President, Marlow Advisory Group This article is reprinted with permission from MarlowAdvisoryGroup.com. The lighting industry is at an inflection point. After decades in this business, I’ve watched the same patterns repeat, the same mistakes compound, and the same opportunities slip through our fingers. It’s time we had an honest [...]

  Quantum sensing uses uniquely quantum properties of light and matter—such as superposition, entanglement, and squeezed states—to measure physical quantities (like phase, displacement, fields, or photon number) with sensitivities that can surpass classical sensors. In photonics, new interferometry-based schemes with quantum light can simultaneously estimate multiple parameters of an optical network (e.g., phase shifts and [...]

  Energy efficiency in buildings has become the leading infrastructure priority for corporations, driven by cost pressures, regulatory demands, and decarbonization commitments, according to new survey data from Siemens’ Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025 study. Organizations increasingly see upgrades to existing building stock—rather than new construction—as the fastest, most financially compelling route to cutting emissions and [...]

  Big picture The Department of Labor’s rule (effective March 11, 2024) replaced the 2021 Trump-1.0‑era independent contractor rule and restored a broader, six‑factor “economic realities” test to decide whether a worker is an employee or a genuine independent business under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The rule makes it generally harder to classify [...]

  Google is promoting a new wave of “agentic commerce,” where AI agents not only answer questions but help shoppers to complete tasks and transactions end to end. Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and related tools are being adopted by major retailers like The Home Depot and Lowe’s to enable more seamless, personalized, and [...]

  The Q4 Pulse of Lighting reports that 2025 was a disappointing, essentially flat year for the lighting industry, with tariffs hurting project activity and masking weak unit volumes behind modest price-driven revenue stability. The quarterly Pulse of Lighting reports are produced by Channel Marketing Group (CMG). For Q4 2025, the Pulse of Lighting surveyed [...]

  Flying cars have been a sci-fi staple for almost a century. There is a type of small flying vehicle that is now very close to commercial production. An eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) is a new type of aircraft that uses electric power for vertical flight, allowing it to take off, hover, and land [...]

  Lighting Manufacturer M&A Transactions in the United States, Canada, and Europe Announcement Seller Country Description Buyer Details October X-Laser USA Laser Light Manufacturer Elation Lighting Press Article October Barn Light Electric USA Vintage-Inspired Architectural Lighting Illumus Press Article October Gavita Italy Horticultural Lighting Management Press Article October Cree Lighting USA Residential Lamp Portfolio Only [...]

  It’s that time of year to complete business planning for 2026. There are so many changes occurring in the lighting industry, how can you stay on top of them all? LightNOW is here to help. We’ve published our white paper, Lighting Industry Trends For 2026, sponsored by the good people at naturaLED. This white paper [...]