The latest ProSales 100 group increased sales by 7.3% and added scores of new facilities.
ProSales' annual survey of America's leading construction supply operations finds slow recovery underway.
Building material dealers found operating conditions in 2009, if anything, worse than the year before.
Ask any of the dealers on this year's ProSales 100 to list his company's greatest achievement in 2008 and, more often than not, you're likely to get a two-word answer: We survived. That's no small feat in an economy that has seen housing starts nationwide plummet more than three-quarters from their...
Our annual ranking of the top 100 residential construction suppliers in the country by pro sales and the next 25 companies on the bubble reveal that a lot of changes are sweeping the industry.
For the first time in quite a while, dealers across the nation had to pull out red ink pens to complete their ledgers for 2007. The worst home-building slump in 20 years resulted in 84% of the companies on this year's ProSales 100 reporting lower sales in 2007 than the year before. The average drop...
It's not like you couldn't see it coming. After a 10-year stretch of smooth sailing for virtually every player in residential construction, things began to get rough last summer as the housing market foundered, commodity wood prices sank, and industry consolidation pressured everyone to respond...
Phenomenal growth. There's no other way to succinctly describe the general pro dealer economy and the overall business climate during the past year for the 2005 PROSALES 100, our annual survey and ranking of the nation's top construction suppliers. Fueled by record housing starts, a strong...