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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Blake Schwieters, plant manager at Minnesota's J.L. Schwieters Building Supply & Construction, used the photo above on Sept. 20 to show...

Skyrocketing property insurance. Fast-rising home prices. Troublemaking local officials. Hotter summers. And labor shortages exacerbated...

A half dozen lumberyard executives notable for their lack of gray hair and wrinkles took over the stage Oct. 5 at the Pro Dealer Industry...

If Proctor & Gamble can do it, why not SRS Distribution and US LBM? Launched as a family of brands, these two construction supply giants...

Launches and announcements of new e-commerce systems these past few weeks will enable notable advances for many construction supply...

The start of September saw a small upturn in construction supply acquisitions and openings, but the rise wasn't enough to disrupt three...

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It takes both perspective and faith to review these latest earnings reports for construction supply dealers and manufacturers and remain...

Variety--both in terms of what's sold and what country is involved--has been the rule in the latest additions to Webb Analytics' deals...

Newly updated environmental goals from The Home Depot and Lowe's are gradually raising demands on their suppliers to help reduce...

Readers: I'm using a different format this month to report on job changes. Let me know what you think of it by writing to me at...

A federal court jury in Delaware has decided that MOSO, a manufacturer of a bamboo board with multiple uses, violated the patent of rival...

A North Carolina case involving Foundation Building Materials (FBM) and ex-employees who started a rival store provides useful standards...

By Craig Webb President, Webb Analytics Construction supply dealers have reason to be both intrigued and confused by the hubbub over...

To our readers: We're using a different format this month to report on job changes. Let me know what you think of it by writing to me at...

Just over halfway through this year, the construction supply community has seen pretty much the same number of deals and greenfield...

A multi-year effort to recast Mead Lumber's image went public July 3 with Mead's announcement of a new logo and rebranding. Now comes an...

Florida LBM locations have been involved in nearly as many acquisitions and greenfield openings so far this year as Texas, California,...