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For L.A. Fire Recovery, the Question Isn't Just How to Rebuild, But Who'll Deliver the Goods

Editor's Note: The West Coast Lumber & Building Material Association has created a short-term pass-through process to provide direct...

Craig Webb

Jan 15, 20252 min read

Desires, not Deeds, Dominate LBM's M&A/Greenfield Action in Early 2025

Construction supply facilities acquired (blue pins) have or will have greenfield openings (green), or have been closed (red) YTD 2025,...

Craig Webb

Jan 15, 20252 min read

LBM People in the News, January 2025

DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Christopher Gould Central Multi-Family Components Manager ABC Supply...

Craig Webb

Jan 14, 20255 min read

BFS Buys Alpine Lumber, Becomes Colorado's Dominant LBM Dealer

Builders FirstSource announced Dec. 23 it acquired Alpine Lumber in a deal that makes it by far Colorado's biggest pro lumberyard...

Craig Webb

Dec 23, 20242 min read

Do it Best Begins the Tricky Business of Folding True Value Into its Co-op

Do it Best President and CEO Dan Starr; Dent Johnson, president of Do it Best's new True Value division; and host Curtis Smith speak...

Craig Webb

Dec 16, 20245 min read

2024's People Report: It's Getting Ever Harder to Hire, So Get Up to Date on Needs and Wants

Some of 2024's Most Significant Hires and Promotions in LBM, as reported by Webb Analytics ABC Supply President and CEO Keith Rozolis...

Craig Webb

Dec 16, 20244 min read

LBM Deals Count YTD Barely Tops 2023's, but Features Twice as Many Locations

LBM facilities purchased (blue pins), newly opened (green), or closed (red), plus SRS Distribution facilities acquired by The Home Depot...

Craig Webb

Dec 13, 20242 min read

LBM People in the News, December 2024

DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber John Greenwood Business Development Specialist ABC Supply Zachary Freund Branch...

Craig Webb

Dec 12, 20244 min read

Do it Best Completes Purchase of True Value, Creating $6bln, 8,000-store Powerhouse Co-op

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Do it Best announced Nov. 22 the signing of a purchase agreement to acquire True Value Co. ,...

Craig Webb

Nov 22, 20244 min read

Who Won and Who Lost in True Value's Demise?

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics As we enter the final days of True Value Co.'s existence, how you feel about the distributor's...

Craig Webb

Nov 15, 20244 min read

Small Tags, Potentially Big Return: Measuring the ROI on Digital Shelf Labels

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Employee time is money. So is the label paper used for printing price tags. When Peter Brown...

Craig Webb

Nov 13, 20243 min read

LBM People in the News, November 2024

DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes Arizona Building Supply Kevin King Manager Part of US LBM Beacon Benjamin Kershaw FP&A...

Craig Webb

Nov 13, 20243 min read

Deals Count YTD Nearly Matches All of 2023

Webb Analytics counts 143 acquisition transactions in construction supply so far this year, just one deal short of what we saw in all of...

Craig Webb

Nov 13, 20241 min read

True Value Paid Execs $9.5mln Over Past Year and $16mln to Helpers in its Ch. 11 Bankruptcy

Some of True Value Co.'s newest filings in its bankruptcy case give a sense of the company's expenditures and priorities before it...

Craig Webb

Nov 7, 20241 min read

Agreement Over Credit Dispute Clears Path for Do it Best to Acquire True Value by Nov. 22

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics A lending group that had fought True Value Co.'s plan to sell itself to Do it Best announced...

Craig Webb

Oct 31, 20243 min read

Bankruptcy Judge Urges True Value to Settle with Its Lenders to Boost Odds of Selling to Do it Best

By Craig Webb True Value Co. and its lenders must start in earnest to settle their differences over how the lenders' money is used while...

Craig Webb

Oct 24, 20242 min read

Court Filings Reveal True Value Was 'on the Brink of Collapse' Before its Chapter 11 Move, Proposed Sale to Do it Best

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics True Value Co. owed PNC bank and other lenders at least $238.2 million when it filed for...

Craig Webb

Oct 18, 20243 min read

Webb Analytics Survey Reveals Dealer Attitudes Toward 4 Pressure-Treated Lumber Brands

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Earlier this summer, Webb Analytics asked building material dealers nationwide to rate four...

Craig Webb

Oct 17, 20241 min read

Ongoing Coverage of True Value's Chapter 11 Filing and Final Sale to Do it Best

This page will be a repository for updates and links to articles in this ongoing story . December 16 Do it Best Begins the Tricky...

Craig Webb

Oct 17, 202426 min read

Increasingly Vexing Problems Combine to Make Dealers' Near-Term Progress More Difficult

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Talk about headwinds! For LBM dealers lately, business conditions are getting progressively more...

Craig Webb

Oct 16, 20243 min read

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