Miami's Shell Lumber sells primarily to renovators by day and bustles during its off-hours with locals soaking up Shakespeare and rock and roll.
It's fitting that Jeff Palay, who left Ohio for the entertainment industry, ended up supplying materials for the film "The Avengers."
The manager of a lumberyard in a small eastern Iowa town talks about life as a dealer as well as a firefighter.
Focusing on high-end custom builders and remodelers has helped David Mosher keep his Buffalo, N.Y.-area lumberyard going despite the slump in new-home construction and the 7 feet of snow that Clarence Center averages every year. Here's how he does it.
Brandon Smith is everywhere for Potter's Ace Home Centers, a 19-store operation based in a town of just 2,000 people on the Cumberland Plateau. Not only is he the spokesman in the company's television and radio commercials, but he visits all of the company's locations every two weeks.
What better place to conclude an issue about money than in Las Vegas, a city where the term "busted flush" applies as much to its housing market as to its poker tables? Few companies felt Las Vegas' housing collapse more acutely than A.C. Houston Lumber Co. and president Ron Mason. Today, more than...
After working at a lumberyard in Manhattan for more than 25 years, what does Mike Kurtz know? How to hustle, how to maneuver materials in tight spaces, how to crack a joke, and how to say no to a suspect credit applicant. But he always knew how to give, particularly when terrorists attacked the...
Mike Wall discusses his job running a company that started operations in Montana 22 years before it became a state.
Few dealers are as remote–or as busy–as Bosch Lumber.
Hazlehurst native Robert Johnson is hailed as one of rhythm and blues' most influential early artists because he was a great guitarist, songwriter, and singer. David Huntington of Huntington Lumber & Supply in Hazlehurst also is a triple-threat--in LBM operations.
History surrounds Jim VanLandingham. He's a lifelong resident of Petersburg, Va., site of some of the longest, fiercest battles in the Civil War. VanLandingham's Builders Supply of Petersburg is located in one of the city's historic districts and has helped renovate many of Petersburg's historic...
An expanded, web-only transcript of our interview with Mac Fitch, president of Fitch Lumber, Carrboro, N.C.
Curt Koth has worked in LBM for 40 years and with Michigan Lumber for 32. Here's how he manages this roughly $5 million single-store yard in a Rust Belt capital where the unemployment rate is half again the national average and city officials are promoting programs to demolish existing homes.
It takes more than a picture to get a true portrait of Tim Stine.
In November 2007, Justin Dubois took a break from work at Quigley's Building Supply and went on a hunting trip with his father-in-law, Quigley's owner Norman Ouellette.
Just over two years ago, Chris Costello left his position as vice president of a Gloucester, Mass., building material dealer and purchased Timberline Enterprises, a small lumberyard nearby that was flying under the radar.
Yellowstone National Park got a record 3.3 million visitors last year, and the most popular way to enter was through West Yellowstone, Mont., on a road that's just a few blocks from Greg Forsythe's Westmart Do it Center.
Glenn Miller taught himself the LBM industry beginning at 15 and went straight to work after high school.
More than four years after Hurricane Katrina, Michael Hayden and Riverside Lumber continue to rebuild in New Orleans.
Laurie Vance became president of the Lumber Association of California and Nevada (LACN) in October.