There's a lot more involved in selling a new product than just rolling up to a jobsite and pitching the latest LBM snake oil.
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.
Reminder stickers. Wrap-around agreements. Extra-early lien notices. Complaints to licensing boards. Even a round of golf. Building material dealers nationwide employ a wide variety of techniques to make certain they get paid, notwihstanding today's housing slump.
Dartmouth Building Supply (DBS) of North Dartmouth, Mass., has completed one of the region's largest private solar energy projects.
A little over a week after announcing it had been acquired by a Boston-based private equity firm, Cedar Creek said it has purchased Alamo Forest Products wholesale distribution locations in San, Antonio, Houston, and Harlingen, Texas.
