E-mails have become a crucial part of many dealers' promotions, growing in importance when the COVID pandemic made communications a vital...

Two of LBM’s leading research and marketing groups are urging manufacturers and dealers to plan now for a 2023 business environment in...

DEALERS Scherer Bros.' COO, Mark Scherer (right), was named President and COO. He succeeds former President Peter Scherer, who will...

You may soon hear about Recovery Hardware, a new book by the owner of a nearly $50 million chain of hardware stores who regularly hires...

Year-to-date, the construction supply community has had 97 deals made by 50 buyers. At this same point in 2021, Webb Analytics counted...

DEALERS TAL Holdings picked Richard Anderson to be its new CFO, while Renee Coffman was promoted to Director of Vendor Relations and...

Lumber price volatility and supply chain snafus will continue to propel an evolution in how framers should buy and use lumber, a quintet...

The 20% rise in attendance at Do it Best’s Fall Market in Indianapolis on Sept. 9-11 served as testimony to the generally good, albeit...

By Thea Dudley While many financial experts are predicting a recession in 2023, the credit community is buzzing that we'll see more...

While we've focused historically on dealers selling products for the building envelope--lumber, doors, windows, siding, and such--what's...

So much attention gets paid to acquisitions and closures of construction supply facilities that it's easy to forget we're also seeing...

Builders FirstSource included the table above during its latest earnings call presentation to make sure the financial community...

DEALERS GMS promoted Travis Hendren (right) to COO. He had been President of GMS' Canadian operations. In addition, GMS named Leigh Dobbs...

By Craig Webb President, Webb Analytics Collect dozens of anecdotes from travels, panels, e-mails, and social media interactions, as I...

The start of 2022's second half saw a surge in deal announcements, raising the year-to-date total to 64 acquisitions by 37 companies for...

DEALERS NorCal Lumber announced several executive changes: Wayne Withers (right) assumes the role of Chairman, while Adam Withers...

McCoy's Building Supply announced today, July 12, that it will sell its stores in Greenville, Vicksburg, and Laurel, MS, as well as its...

US LBM's acquisition of Foxworth-Galbraith significantly boosts the dealer's ability to compete in five of the nation's most important...

By Craig Webb President, Webb Analytics Running a lumberyard these days can feel like playing a video game. It’s been a chaotic,...

If LBM's Mergers and Acquisitions market were a baseball game, you could say this season is featuring a lot of singles and doubles...