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LBM People in the News, July 2025
DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Larry Lowe Store Manager Upper Marlboro, MD ABC Supply Gus Suarez Branch...

Craig Webb
4 days ago3 min read
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LBM M&A Mid-Year Update: Both More and Less Than It Appears
Source: Webb Analytics Two different sets of numbers are telling two very different stories in LBM's mergers and acquisitions market so...

Craig Webb
5 days ago2 min read
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The Home Depot to Buy Drywall Specialist GMS for $5.5B, Topping QXO's Bid
Locations of 435 Gypsum Management and Supply  stores (blue dots) and 795 SRS Distribution Inc.  stores (orange dots). Source: Webb...

Craig Webb
Jun 302 min read
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Here We Go Again: QXO Proposes to Buy Drywall Giant Gypsum Management & Supply
By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics QXO late June 18 took its second giant step toward becoming a $50 billion company by proposing...

Craig Webb
Jun 182 min read
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LBM Dealers Plan to Increasingly Pass Along Product Price Hikes, Survey Suggests
By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics One of the best and freshest surveys of construction supply suggests dealers are increasingly...

Craig Webb
Jun 182 min read
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LBM People in the News, June 2025
Sponsored by SnapDragon Associates DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Trevor Ellis GM Augusta, GA 84 Lumber Bailey...

Craig Webb
Jun 185 min read
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LBM Deals Pace Has Turned Sluggish Since Mid-April
LBM facilities acquired (blue pins), opened or soon to open (green) or closed (red) YTD in continental U.S. Source: Webb Analytics The...

Craig Webb
Jun 172 min read
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QXO's Beacon Takeover Wasn't the Only Big LBM Deal Recently
By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics LBM openings, closures, and acquisitions YTD 2025. Black dots: QXO's acquisition of Beacon...

Craig Webb
May 82 min read
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LBM People in the News, May 2025
DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber James Petty Operations Manager Summerville, SC ABC Supply Kyle Hancock OSR ABC...

Craig Webb
May 64 min read
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Webb Analytics’ 2025 Construction Supply 150 Reveals Dealers’ Struggle to Advance in Tough Times
By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Cover of the 2025 Construction Supply 150 Over half of America’s most important sellers of...

Craig Webb
May 53 min read
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Why AI Should Be Part of Every Department in your Business
By John Marshall* AI isn’t just a buzzword or some tool for the marketing team—it’s something every part of your LBM business can use to...

Craig Webb
Apr 93 min read
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The Trump Administration's Magic Act: For LBM, How Much Is Real? How Much an Illusion?
By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics LMC President and CEO Paul Ryan spoke for many on March 7 when he discussed the news from...

Craig Webb
Apr 94 min read
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Three Green LBM Shoots Bring Hope to a Currently Gloomy M&A Market
LBM facilities acquired (blue pins), that have or will open (green pins) or that have closed (red pins) YTD 2025. Source: Webb Analytics...

Craig Webb
Apr 92 min read
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LBM People in the News, April 2025
DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Sam Harris Multi-Family Project Manager 84 Lumber John Pierce Warehouse Manager...

Craig Webb
Apr 85 min read
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ABMA Presses Congress on Workforce, Tax, and Credit Card Issues
A record number of lumberyard executives and supporters from the East Coast urged their members of Congress on April 8 to pass...

Craig Webb
Apr 82 min read
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NLBMDA Members Visit Congress to Push for Credit Card Reform, Low-Income Housing, Tax Issues and Forests
Roughly 50 members of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association fanned out across Capitol Hill on April 2, urging...

Craig Webb
Apr 22 min read
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Bigger. Stronger. Faster. More Complicated: How Do it Best Has Changed Since Taking Over True Value
By Craig Webb Dan Starr’s predominately sweet talk was laced with a bit of vinegar when he described what True Value was like before Do...

Craig Webb
Mar 243 min read
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21 LBM-Related Predictions and Signs of the Times, Drawn from All Over
Google-generated AI image By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Convention season for LBM is the time when experts analyze current...

Craig Webb
Mar 53 min read
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Lumberyard Deals Take Center Stage in 2025's YTD M&A Action
LBM acquisitions (blue pins), actual or planned openings (green), and closures (red) YTD 2025. Not shown: A store opening in Alaska....

Craig Webb
Mar 52 min read
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LBM People in the News, March 2025
DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Jared Edwards Sales Rep 84 Lumber Jesse Rutledge Sales Rep A&M Supply Elizabeth...

Craig Webb
Mar 53 min read
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