Like scientists tracking a slow-moving glacier, a leading pollster of America's builders is seeing signs that contractors' views are...

Over the past month, you have sent to Webb Analytics the names of your favorite business books. Here, just in time for the start of the...

By Craig Webb Surprising as the news might have seemed at the time, the Aug. 27 merger announcement combining Builders FirstSource (BFS)...

The LBM community has seen a total of 219 facilities involved in deals, greenfield openings, or closures since the start of 2020, Webb...

Dealers Kodiak Building Partners announced several job changes. Mark Garboski was promoted to COO. Mike Flood was promoted to Executive...

This month's report on openings, closures, and acquisitions requires an awfully big asterisk. The map here shows the 193 locations that...

Never let it be said that LBM people lack political opinions. Thus, this fall is likely to be the high season for partisan passions....

DEALERS L&W Supply selected Regi Shelley (right) to be district manager for the Triangle and Triad Districts of North Carolina. Carter...

The LBM industry woke up Aug. 27 to the biggest deal ever in construction supply: The merger of America's two biggest lumberyards,...

Today's announced merger of Builders FirstSource (BFS) and BMC will shake up markets nationwide in lots of ways. For employees of both...

Judging by what America's two biggest publicly traded lumberyards have been telling people lately, this quarter will be marked by...

Nobody ever said running a construction supply company was easy, but just about everyone will concede that working in LBM this year has...

You'll see much that's familiar when you scan the list of who's involved in LBM deals and greenfield openings in July and early August....

Ace Hardware Corp. promoted Alison Dowell (right) to president and general manager of Emery Jensen Distribution, an Ace subsidiary. Her...

An $80,000 swindling case in Minnesota and a new national report on retail shrinkage serve as reminders this month that construction...

After months in which New England and the mid-Atlantic dominated the stage, several of the latest deals, openings, and closures involve...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) gave between $150,000 and $10 million to 3,345 home centers, hardware stores, lumberyards, and...

Robyn Pollina (right), the CFO at Palmer-Donavin for the past 23 years, will become CEO on Aug. 1 when Ron Calhoun retires. In addition,...

Two notable trends--one expected, the other a bit more eye-opening--mark LBM's M&A activity over the past month. The expected trend...

In recessionary, coronavirus-tainted times like these, a company's balance sheet might well be a better indicator of its future prospects...