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Expect Continued Strains on Lumber Supplies, Interfor’s Chief Warns
North America’s lumber-producing capacity will be constrained for years to come, as steady growth in the Southern U.S. will be too little...

Craig Webb
Mar 13, 20242 min read


LBM People in the News, March 2024
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Craig Webb
Mar 12, 20241 min read


Webb Analytics Finds Construction Supply M&A Deals Count Slid 22% in ’23; Number of Facilities Acquired Fell only 2.6%
Pro-oriented, residentially focused construction supply companies saw 22% fewer deals in 2023, but the number of locations acquired...

Craig Webb
Feb 14, 20242 min read


Early M&A Action Is Spread All Over the Map
Lumberyard facilities have accounted for nearly one-third of the 34 LBM locations that have changed hands so far in 2024, with five other...

Craig Webb
Feb 14, 20242 min read


Beach Balls, Trump-Biden, Polls and Experts' Forecasts: 7 Economic Signals for LBM in '24
Caution most of this year, optimism for the rest of the decade: That's what data and history lead economists and others to predict for...

Craig Webb
Feb 14, 20244 min read


LBM People in the News, February 2024
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Craig Webb
Feb 14, 20241 min read


LBM's Big 3 Roofing Suppliers Tout Differing Approaches to Win a Growing Market
One gave away hard hats with NFL logos. One sponsors a Mexican soccer team. And the third--namesake of a baseball stadium--is deepening...

Craig Webb
Feb 14, 20244 min read


Key Economic Charts to Watch in 2024--and Why You Should Ignore This One
One of the key themes in economics this past year has been how badly economists predicted how 2023 would turn out. That's in large part...

Craig Webb
Jan 18, 20244 min read


What's Next for Dealers? Seven Ideas from the Retail Industry's Big Show
By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics You may regard yourself as being in the construction and home improvement business, but if...

Craig Webb
Jan 18, 20245 min read


Early M&A, Lots of Planned Openings Point to Busy Time for LBM in 2024
While Webb Analytics completes work on its annual deals report--expect it to come out around Feb. 1--it also can report there already are...

Craig Webb
Jan 18, 20242 min read


LBM People in the News, January 2024
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Craig Webb
Jan 18, 20241 min read


The Year in People: 4* of LBM's Top Placement Firms Assess a Tight Market
* Editor's Note: Dan Robinette, senior recruiter at GRN (Global Recruiters Network) Hudson, added his own commentary when this story was...

Craig Webb
Dec 19, 20234 min read


LBM Dealers in the News, December 2023
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Craig Webb
Dec 18, 20231 min read


Potential Big Player in All Forms of Building Products Distribution Unveiled
Serial entrepreneur Brad Jacobs, who has built five multibillion-dollar companies largely in the trucking business, announced Dec. 11 the...

Craig Webb
Dec 11, 20232 min read


In These Hard-to-Predict Times, Stay Positively Nervous--and Close to Your Customers
We're heading into a 2024 that I believe will be good for most construction supply companies but will be troubling for some depending on...

Craig Webb
Nov 8, 20234 min read


ABC, Beacon, and SRS All Running Hard in Race to Dominate Roofing Supply
Editor's Note: The fourth paragraph of this story was changed on Nov. 15 to correct an error regarding how many roofing-oriented...

Craig Webb
Nov 7, 20232 min read


LBM People in the News, November 2023
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Craig Webb
Nov 7, 20231 min read


NAHB Now Predicts 5% SF Starts Gain in '24, 18% MF Drop, 1% R&R Growth
The slump in single-family housing starts since 2021 will turn the corner next year, the National Association of Home Builder's AVP for...

Craig Webb
Oct 13, 20232 min read


What Do Pros Want? Kodiak CEO, LBM Researchers Mix Bullish Outlook with Long-Term Concerns
Kodiak Building Partners' customers are "extremely bullish about 2024 and beyond," feel better about the supply chain, and frankly aren't...

Craig Webb
Oct 11, 20233 min read


US LBM's Manning Deal, Talk of Minority Stake Sale, Mark Fall Revival of Deals Activity
Welcome back to the buy side of the deals table, US LBM. After five years in which US LBM made 35 acquisitions for 262 facilities (and...

Craig Webb
Oct 11, 20232 min read
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