Truss and components plants remain hot properties for LBM dealers nationwide, with 178 facilities changing hands or seeing greenfield...

By Craig Webb Tractor Supply's sudden cancellation of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion job roles and goals--efforts that it has...

The E-Commerce manager of Belgium’s biggest home improvement company both alerted and encouraged his peers to plan now for the arrival of...

By Craig Webb President, Webb Analytics More than 1,000 people from 50+ countries came to Rome in mid-June for lessons and ideas on "How...

America's LBM product makers and dealers should pay attention to efforts by The Home Depot, Lowe's, California, and global bodies to do...

The nearly 770 locations that changed hands June 18 when The Home Depot's purchase of SRS Distribution was completed means that--combined...

DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND INVESTORS

After years in which dealers struggled from crisis to crisis, a slew of public reports and economic indicators suggest we can expect many...

Creating pins for the roughly 770 locations involved in The Home Depot's purchase of SRS Distribution would easily obscure all the other...

DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Blame lumber’s price plunge, a slowdown in construction, and fewer DIY sales. But dealers predict a modest recovery this year WASHINGTON,...

Several dozen construction supply officials urged members of Congress on April 30 to work toward lowering credit card processing fees,...

The Home Depot's $18.25 billion purchase of SRS Distribution has become a Rorschach test for dealers and analysts, generating diverse...

When a single transaction accounts for roughly 760 locations on an M&A deals map, the result can overwhelm the image. This map highlights...

DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS AND CO-OPS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

By Craig Webb Calling it "one of the absolute finest assets that we've seen" in decades, The Home Depot (THD) announced March 28 it will...

Do it Best (DIB) packed a bunch of headlines--plus a presidential headliner--into its Spring Market in Houston on March 23-25. Here are...

Does business suffer in a presidential election year? Could fights among employees over Biden vs. Trump cripple your company? Webb...

Twenty-four buyers. Thirty-one deals. Forty-four facilities acquired. That's the relatively meager tally for LBM's M&A activity through...

Four out of five builders polled by Zonda plan to build more homes this year, with 51% of all those surveyed saying they’ll build at...