M&A activity involving BMC and US LBM has dominated the deals news since shortly before Thanksgiving, while SRS Distribution's Heritage...

DEALERS Dave Anderson (right) has been named President and CEO of Mead Lumber. He succeeds Craig Bradshaw, who has retired. Jason Cohen...

Builders FirstSource (BFS) and BMC revealed Dec. 4 the names and titles of executive and field leaders who will lead their combined...

Foundation Building Materials (FBM) announced late Nov. 15 that an affiliate of the private equity firm American Securities LLC had...

By Craig Webb Presidential administrations are like icebergs: So much attention is focused on what's in plain sight that it's easy to...

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...

ABC Supply promoted Marc Kramer to Director of Corporate Development. He had been manager of ABC's Ohio Valley District. The company also...

US LBM announced today that Bain Capital Private Equity has acquired a majority interest in the dealer, the nation’s fourth-biggest (and...

This year's Covid-induced boomlet in do-it-yourself spending ultimately will slow in 2021 because of two powerful forces, according to...

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...