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LBM's Deals/Open/Closure Count YTD Hits 1,250; 5 States Get 41% of the Action
A flurry of recent deals--one big, many small--combined with a busy season for store openings to push Webb Analytics' count of...

Craig Webb
Sep 10, 20242 min read


LBM People in the News, September 2024
DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Trevor Ellis OSR Augusta, GA 84 Lumber Andrew Hollander OSR Claymont, DE Beacon...

Craig Webb
Sep 10, 20243 min read


Amid Slowing Sales and Cheaper Lumber, Dealers Risk Failing to Curb Operating Expenses
By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Dealers revising their sales forecasts downward to account for unexpectedly sluggish business...

Craig Webb
Aug 14, 20243 min read


Shrinking Homes, Altered States: How Public Companies Are Lowering Their Expectations
By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics As Chief Financial Officer of Builders FirstSource , Peter Jackson is paid to collect, manage,...

Craig Webb
Aug 14, 20243 min read


LBM People in the News, August 2024
DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Note 84 Lumber Bessy Baltz Marketing Richmond, VA 84 Lumber Alan Blount Sales Rep 84 Lumber...

Craig Webb
Aug 14, 20243 min read


Number of LBM Facilities Involved in M&A Deals YTD Now Tops 1,000
Heading into the final third of 2024, Webb Analytics' count of LBM locations that now have new owners this year has hit 1,001. There also...

Craig Webb
Aug 14, 20242 min read


LBM People in the News, July 2024
DEALERS DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Craig Webb
Jul 11, 20241 min read


Mother Nature Scorches the Earth, Blind Justice Torches the Rule Book. How Can You Manage?
Heat waves cause the work pace to drop as temperatures and humidity rise, contributing to the slowdown in LBM's pace these days. But it...

Craig Webb
Jul 9, 20243 min read


Dealers' Pursuit of Truss Plants Continues
Truss and components plants remain hot properties for LBM dealers nationwide, with 178 facilities changing hands or seeing greenfield...

Craig Webb
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Tractor Supply's DEI Turnaround: Anti-Woke Trend or an Exception for 'Life Out Here?'
By Craig Webb Tractor Supply's sudden cancellation of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion job roles and goals--efforts that it has...

Craig Webb
Jun 29, 20244 min read


Goodbye, Bar Code: A Major Change in Scanning Is Near
The E-Commerce manager of Belgium’s biggest home improvement company both alerted and encouraged his peers to plan now for the arrival of...

Craig Webb
Jun 19, 20242 min read


9 More Inspirations for U.S. Dealers from the Global DIY-Summit
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...

Craig Webb
Jun 19, 20246 min read


How Much Greenhouse Gases Do LBM Manufacturers and Dealers Produce? Expect Increasing Pressure to Measure Your Output
America's LBM product makers and dealers should pay attention to efforts by The Home Depot, Lowe's, California, and global bodies to do...

Craig Webb
Jun 18, 20243 min read


Completion of Home Depot-SRS Deal Makes 2024 LBM's Biggest M&A Market in Years
The nearly 770 locations that changed hands June 18 when The Home Depot's purchase of SRS Distribution was completed means that--combined...

Craig Webb
Jun 18, 20242 min read


LBM People in the News, June 2024
DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND INVESTORS

Craig Webb
Jun 17, 20241 min read


Paddling Hard but Moving Slow: Increasingly, That's LBM's Outlook for the Rest of 2024
After years in which dealers struggled from crisis to crisis, a slew of public reports and economic indicators suggest we can expect many...

Craig Webb
May 15, 20243 min read


Aside from the SRS-Home Depot Purchase, LBM's Recent M&A Action Features Deals by BFS, US LBM, Kodiak, R.P., and Gulfeagle
Creating pins for the roughly 770 locations involved in The Home Depot's purchase of SRS Distribution would easily obscure all the other...

Craig Webb
May 15, 20242 min read


LBM People in the News, May 2024
DEALERS DISTRIBUTORS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Craig Webb
May 14, 20241 min read


Webb Analytics’ 2024 Construction Supply 150 Reveals Biggest Revenue Drops at Dealers Since the Great Recession
Blame lumber’s price plunge, a slowdown in construction, and fewer DIY sales. But dealers predict a modest recovery this year WASHINGTON,...

Craig Webb
May 6, 20242 min read


LBM Dealers Double Down on Credit Card Costs in Hill Visits
Several dozen construction supply officials urged members of Congress on April 30 to work toward lowering credit card processing fees,...

Craig Webb
May 1, 20242 min read
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