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...
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Craig Webb
- Feb 14
- 4 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Feb 14
- 1 min
LBM People in the News, February 2024
DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS
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Craig Webb
- Feb 14
- 4 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Jan 18
- 4 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Jan 18
- 5 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Jan 18
- 2 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Jan 18
- 1 min
LBM People in the News, January 2024
DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
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Craig Webb
- Dec 19, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Dec 18, 2023
- 1 min
LBM Dealers in the News, December 2023
DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
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Craig Webb
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Nov 8, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Nov 7, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Nov 7, 2023
- 1 min
LBM People in the News, November 2023
DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
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Craig Webb
- Oct 13, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Oct 11, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Oct 11, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Craig Webb
- Oct 10, 2023
- 1 min
LBM Dealers in the News, October 2023
DEALERS +++ DISTRIBUTORS +++ MANUFACTURERS +++ ASSOCIATIONS & SERVICE PROVIDERS
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Craig Webb
- Oct 10, 2023
- 5 min
BCMC Features New Ideas, Old Problems, and a Big Firm's Bid for a Competitive Advantage
Blake Schwieters, plant manager at Minnesota's J.L. Schwieters Building Supply & Construction, used the photo above on Sept. 20 to show...
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Craig Webb
- Oct 6, 2023
- 4 min
This Expert Panel Worries: Has Florida Housing Lost its Edge?
Skyrocketing property insurance. Fast-rising home prices. Troublemaking local officials. Hotter summers. And labor shortages exacerbated...
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