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...

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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...

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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...

North America’s lumber-producing capacity will be constrained for years to come, as steady growth in the Southern U.S. will be too little...

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Pro-oriented, residentially focused construction supply companies saw 22% fewer deals in 2023, but the number of locations acquired...

Lumberyard facilities have accounted for nearly one-third of the 34 LBM locations that have changed hands so far in 2024, with five other...

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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One gave away hard hats with NFL logos. One sponsors a Mexican soccer team. And the third--namesake of a baseball stadium--is deepening...