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LBM People in the News, Mid-February Edition
DEALERS SRS Distribution promoted Ryan Nelson to EVP and CFO; he's been SVP of M&A and Strategy since 2012. SRS also promoted Cynthia...

Craig Webb
Feb 15, 20214 min read
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Covid Altered LBM’s DNA—for the Good. We’re Spotting Firms That Are Profiting from the Evolution
By Mark Barnard Adapt or be left behind: That’s the new motto that the LBM industry has embraced in the year since Covid first arrived....

Craig Webb
Feb 8, 20212 min read
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Want to Recruit People Affected by Mergers and Layoffs? Try This Simple Approach
By James Aiken Mergers and acquisitions in the building materials industry ultimately lead to changes in the employment market, with...

Craig Webb
Feb 2, 20212 min read
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Webb Analytics Publishes 2020 Report on LBM Deals, Openings, Closures, and Mergers
Which LBM operation did the most deals last year? Which state saw the most facilities change status? Which lumberyard was sold to a...

Craig Webb
Jan 23, 20211 min read
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What Does ACS + US LBM + SRS + ABC Spell? A Quick Start for Dealer Acquisitions in 2021
American Construction Source's news the morning of Jan. 20 that it bought Builder's Resource Group, a two-store operation in Wisconsin,...

Craig Webb
Jan 20, 20211 min read
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Take Part in LBM's Next Great Benchmark: The Construction Supply 150
The LBM industry ought to know a lot more about itself than it currently does. You can help make that happen by joining in the creation...

Craig Webb
Jan 19, 20211 min read
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LBM People in the News, Mid-January 2021 Edition
DEALERS 84 Lumber has named Joe Weston as its new VP of Cost Forecasting & Pricing and Rich Scalise as its new VP of inventory...

Craig Webb
Jan 18, 20214 min read
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10 for '20: The Year's Most Significant Events in LBM
What's popular often isn't what matters most; if clicks and likes were all that mattered, the marriage of 84 Lumber's Maggie Hardy would...

Craig Webb
Dec 21, 20206 min read
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How Much Should LBM Push Taking a Covid Vaccine? Consider These Factors
Construction supply executives accustomed to playing defense during this Covid pandemic soon will have an opportunity to go on the...

Craig Webb
Dec 20, 20203 min read
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Deals Pace Speeds Up Heading Toward Year's End
M&A activity involving BMC and US LBM has dominated the deals news since shortly before Thanksgiving, while SRS Distribution's Heritage...

Craig Webb
Dec 20, 20202 min read
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LBM People in the News, Mid-December Edition
DEALERS Dave Anderson (right) has been named President and CEO of Mead Lumber. He succeeds Craig Bradshaw, who has retired. Jason Cohen...

Craig Webb
Dec 19, 20204 min read
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Executive Leadership Team, Regions for BFS-BMC Merger Announced
Builders FirstSource (BFS) and BMC revealed Dec. 4 the names and titles of executive and field leaders who will lead their combined...

Craig Webb
Dec 6, 20202 min read
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Drywall Specialist Foundation Building Materials Sold to P.E. Firm, Goes Private
Foundation Building Materials (FBM) announced late Nov. 15 that an affiliate of the private equity firm American Securities LLC had...

Craig Webb
Nov 15, 20202 min read
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How Will a Biden Administration Affect Dealers the Most? Our Advice: Watch the Regulators
By Craig Webb Presidential administrations are like icebergs: So much attention is focused on what's in plain sight that it's easy to...

Craig Webb
Nov 15, 20203 min read
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Bain's US LBM Buy, BFS-BMC Merger Assure 2020 Will Be a Record Year in M&A Dollar Terms
Billions of dollars are expected to change hands next month as we near the end of what is shaping up to be a momentous year in LBM...

Craig Webb
Nov 14, 20204 min read
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LBM People in the News, Mid-November Edition
ABC Supply promoted Marc Kramer to Director of Corporate Development. He had been manager of ABC's Ohio Valley District. The company also...

Craig Webb
Nov 14, 20202 min read
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US LBM to Sell Majority Stake to Bain Capital
US LBM announced today that Bain Capital Private Equity has acquired a majority interest in the dealer, the nation’s fourth-biggest (and...

Craig Webb
Nov 13, 20203 min read
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Expect the DIY Spending Boom to Taper Off by the Middle of 2021, Harvard's JCHS Predicts
This year's Covid-induced boomlet in do-it-yourself spending ultimately will slow in 2021 because of two powerful forces, according to...

Craig Webb
Oct 16, 20202 min read
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Polls Done 13 Months Apart Show Covid Is Nudging Builders Toward Off-Site Construction
Like scientists tracking a slow-moving glacier, a leading pollster of America's builders is seeing signs that contractors' views are...

Craig Webb
Oct 15, 20202 min read
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Here Are Your Favorite Business Books
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...

Craig Webb
Oct 15, 20202 min read
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