Lighting Industry

  The risk of a recession in September 2025 is elevated, with analysts citing a combination of slow job growth, persistent inflation, and rising tariffs as key factors pushing the U.S. economy toward a downturn. Some, like Moody’s Chief Economist Mark Zandi, suggest the U.S. is “on the precipice” of a downturn, with the period of greatest [...]

Craig DiLouie interviewed two Signify executives about commercial indoor lighting trends, Steve Baronoff, National Distribution Leader at Genlyte Solutions, a Signify Business and Lisette Ditters, Indoor Segment Leader at Genlyte Solutions, a Signify Business This interview was conducted for an article that will appear in the November 2025 issue of tED Magazine. DiLouie: The lighting [...]

  The rapidly growing market for energy service companies (ESCOs) and their performance contracts are projected to expand from $15.9 billion to nearly $27 billion by 2034, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6%. This growth is driven primarily by increasing government and commercial focus on sustainability, energy efficiency, and infrastructure resilience. ESCO [...]

  Mexico is undergoing one of the most significant overhauls of its telecommunications regulatory framework in decades. The recently enacted EMI Laws and reforms to the Federal Law on Telecommunications and Broadcasting are transforming how the industry is governed, streamlining oversight, and introducing new compliance standards for operators and digital services across the country. At [...]

  The U.S. Department of Commerce has implemented a major expansion of Section 232 tariffs, raising the duty rate to 50% on a broad spectrum of steel and aluminum products, including both raw materials and a newly created category of “derivative” goods. This action significantly increases the coverage of tariffs, now affecting 407 product categories [...]

  The American Lighting Association (ALA) put out a great tariff update, last week. Republished with the permission of ALA: Pause on China Tariffs Extended for 90 Days This week, President Trump signed an Executive Order extending the ongoing tariff truce with China by 90 days, pushing the new expiration date to November 10, 2025. Before [...]

  Researchers have developed a low-cost visual microphone that listens using light rather than sound, advancing remote audio capture by turning tiny surface vibrations into audible signals. This innovation applies single-pixel imaging to sound detection, marking the first time the technique has been used for this purpose. Unlike traditional microphones, which rely on mechanical diaphragms [...]

  Every business wants to grow sales and revenue, but far fewer businesses do the planning and execution to grow their email distribution lists as a way to grow sales. This simple strategy expands email marketing reach, can generate more hot sales leads, and significantly increase your company’s brand awareness. To build your company’s B2B [...]

  Annual spending on home renovations and repairs in the United States is projected to grow at a much slower pace through the first half of 2026, according to the latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. The LIRA predicts that expenditures for improvements and [...]