Some dealers in the upper South say that businesses in states with lower sales taxes are using a not-so-legal loophole to ship into their markets without figuring the local (higher) rate into their customers' bill. More
Kodiak Building Partners, Beacon Roofing Supply and ABC Supply increased their footprints during July with acquisitions and expansions. More
Builder confidence in the single-family home market rose six points to 35 on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for July. More
Dealers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia say building relationships and improving sales are still key, but potential electoral gridlock and still-uncertain health care policies were hot topics. More
You can't succeed without a top-quality sales staff, Jim Sobeck argues. Here are his tips on how to find stars. More
If you think concrete is tough, you should meet some of the guys who sell concrete... More
Wolf, the distributor specializing in kitchen cabinets, has expanded its service into North and South Carolina. More
Stock Building Supply has reached agreements to sell inventory and equipment at facilities in six states that it had closed while under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. These operations--in Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, and Wisconsin--speed up a trend that already has seen the revival of Stock facilities in Montana, Illinois and Virginia. And a press report says a one-time Stock yard in Colorado also will get a new owner. More
My wife relentlessly entered HGTV's "Green Home Giveaway," convinced she would win. She registered under five different e-mail accounts daily, dedicated to making her dream of living in Hilton Head, S.C., come true. The drawing is way past press time, so if she's a winner, we don't know that yet. But I can tell you something her whole exercise made me realize: Who among us would have envisioned just 10 years ago that (1) a 24/7 cable TV channel dedicated to gardening and home improvement would (2) generate 40+ million online registrations for (3) a green home? That a channel such as HGTV even exists is a testimony to the willingness of TV executives to get out of their comfort zones. Rather than settle for yet more generic dramas, game shows, and situation comedies, they blew away the status quo and took control of their future. More
Today's rough market requires you make tough decisions. Here are tips to help get you moving in the right direction. More
