ITAD Market Pulse
ITAD Shake-Up: Mergers, Exits, and Bankruptcies: Who Will Survive the Industry’s Ongoing Transformation?
The ITAD industry is undergoing a seismic shift—bankruptcies, mergers, and market exits are reshaping the landscape. The days of ‘two men and a truck’ operations are over as larger, well-funded players consolidate power. Smome companies are doubling down on ITAD, while others are retreating. The question now is: Who will survive, and who will be left behind?
Ingram Micro’s ITAD and Lifecycle Business: Straddling the Line
Summary: Ingram Micro’s latest 4Q2024 earnings call confirms the company’s focus on higher-margin businesses like cloud, digital solutions, and AI-powered automation. And while it continues to offer ITAD services, we are not likely to see an aggressive push in ITAD....
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ITAD Shake-Up: Mergers, Exits, and Bankruptcies: Who Will Survive the Industry’s Ongoing Transformation?
The ITAD industry is undergoing a seismic shift—bankruptcies, mergers, and market exits are reshaping the landscape. The days of ‘two men and a truck’ operations are over as larger, well-funded players consolidate power. Smome companies are doubling down on ITAD, while others are retreating. The question now is: Who will survive, and who will be left behind?
Ingram Micro’s ITAD and Lifecycle Business: Straddling the Line
Summary: Ingram Micro’s latest 4Q2024 earnings call confirms the company’s focus on higher-margin businesses like cloud, digital solutions, and AI-powered automation. And while it continues to offer ITAD services, we are not likely to see an aggressive push in ITAD....
ITAD at HP: Fragmentation, Market Perception, and the Need for Clarity
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and HP Inc. face not only the same market challenges as their competitors but also persistent branding and identity issues stemming from their corporate split. Their fragmented approach to IT asset disposition (ITAD), with overlapping business units and multiple brand variations, has led to inefficiencies and customer confusion. This lack of clarity makes it difficult for enterprise clients to navigate HP’s ITAD offerings, weakening the company’s competitiveness. To address this, HP must unify its ITAD strategy and clarify its branding through a more cohesive marketing and go-to-market approach.
Deep Dive into the ITAD and Recycling Certification Landscape, with Rike Sandlin
First Impressions: Leadership Shift at Blancco: What Lou DiFruscio’s Appointment Signals
For as long as I’ve known Blancco Technology Group , the company has been making frequent adjustments to respond to market conditions. I started interacting with Blancco about two decades ago, when it began to penetrate the ITAD data erasure market, outshining various...
Recurring Compliance Issues: Walmart and Retailer Waste Disposal Challenges
In a recent issue, E-Scrap News reported that Walmart will pay $7.5 million in a settlement it reached with California's Attorney General over allegations of hazardous and medical waste disposal violations. For context, the settlement is the result of a lawsuit filed...
Research: ITAD & E-Recycling Industries End 2024 on Solid Note, Brace for Stronger 2025
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the ITAD market’s performance over the past two years, the key factors driving growth, and potential challenges. It also explores the strategic responses of industry leaders, including operational improvements and evolving service offerings, and assesses the outlook for 2025.
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End-User Research: Getting to Know your ITAD Vendor: SHI International
Client Services: Established in 1989, Somerset, NJ-based SHI International calls itself as “a personal technology concierge.” With gross sales of $14 billion in 2022 and with 6,000 employees, SHI sells IT hardware, software, and solutions to thousands of customers worldwide. While it offers IT asset disposition services, ITAD is a tiny portion of the company’s business, and is insignificant compared to its various core businesses.
First Take: Cascade Asset Management and Sage Sustainable Electronics Join in First Merger in US ITAD Sector
On January 31, 2025, Madison, WI-based Cascade Asset Management merged with Columbus, OH-based Sage Sustainable Electronics. A one-page online post by Cascade suggests that the companies will continue to operate as two independent entities for the time being. This is the first time that a merger has taken place in the industry, while the most recent transactions in the ITAD sector favored acquisitions.
IT Spending to Exceed Staggering $5 Trillion this Year: What It Means for ITAD and Sustainability
This year, global IT spending will reach a staggering $5.1 trillion, and that, according to Gartner, would be a near 10% growth from 2024, more precisely 9.8%. What’s likely to drive most of this massive spending would be companies’ digital transformation strategies. Big investments are going to pour into enterprise software and IT services,...
PC Market Trends, Windows 11 Adoption Challenges and the ITAD Opportunity
As of early 2025, the global PC installed base is estimated at 1.6 billion units, with the U.S. accounting for around 240 million. Despite Microsoft's push, Windows 10 remains dominant (62.7% market share), while Windows 11 adoption lags due to strict hardware requirements and high upgrade costs. Many businesses face the choice of replacing...
The Diverging ESG Landscape: While US Hits Pause Button on ESG, Industrialized Nations Keep Momentum Going
By David Daoud: After a few years that showed ESG seemingly becoming an integral part of corporate governance, US companies are making a dramatic move away from the ESG commitments. Fortune companies like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Coca-Cola, and McDonald’s have announced measures to reduce their sustainability and diversity initiatives....
Quantum Lifecycle Partners: Cementing Front Runner Status in Canada’s ITAD Market
Quantum Lifecycle Partners is likely Canada's largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) service provider. Even if it is competing with the likes of SIMS and Iron Mountain, I am not aware of an entity in the Canadian market that’s bigger than Quantum, and it is now expanding even more with its second acquisition this year. The company, in its current...
Enterprise IT in a Transforming PC Market: Strategic Insights for the Coming Year
Early this week, I was asked by a client, a large earth-moving equipment manufacturer, to share my assessment of the PC sector. In the months to come, the client plans to launch a wholesale refresh of its PCs and servers and has increased its spending budget for 2025 to accommodate the technological evolution required by the advent of Artificial...
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