Webco Industries’ Sales Up 63% in 4Q
Webco’s net sales for the current fiscal year amounted to $466.6 million, an 8.8% increase from the prior fiscal year.
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2021
U.S. and Canadian Lumber Prices Spike in 2Q
Wood Resources International’s quarterly report said the cost for lumber in China has reached a record high this year.
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Report: Amazon Business to Hit $59B in U.S. Product Sales by 2025
Amazon Business will grow its U.S. product sales by 43.5% year-over-year to reach $27.6 billion this year.
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index Slows in August
Latest Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) shows that all four broad categories of indicators used to construct the index made positive contributions in August, but three categories declined from July.
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Parts Town Launches E-Commerce Marketplace
With the new marketplace, Parts Town is branching out into new verticals such as HVAC, janitorial, water filtration and technician supplies.
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Amazon Opens First Fulfillment Center in North Dakota
The new facility in Fargo, which is more than 1 million square feet, will create 1,000-plus jobs in the area.
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Residential Building Permits Up 13.5% in August
And housing starts are up compared to year-ago period and the previous month, according to the latest residential construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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ABC Supply Opens Location in Utah
Daniel (DJ) Cunningham is managing the building material distributor’s newest location in St. George, Utah.
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L&W Supply Promotes Jenkins to Central Region Vice President
Prior to his promotion, Jenkins, who has been in the building materials industry for 35 years, was L&W Supply’s district manager in Texas.
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Contractors Share What They Want from Distributor Websites
A look at the benefits that contractors seek from the entire distribution ecosystem, including how they currently use distributor websites and what they’d like to see more of in terms of omnichannel offerings.
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Midwest Building Supply Distributor Famous Enterprises Discloses Data Breach
Famous Enterprises was hit with a malware attack earlier this year that encrypted data on some of its computer systems.
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ABC Supply Opens Location in Oregon
Aristeo “Ari” Nieves manages the building materials giant’s newest location, in the Maryland town of Centreville.
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Hurricane Ida Stunts Industrial Production in August
According to the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Report, industrial production increased just 0.4% during the month due to weather-related disruptions.
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DSG to Open Another Facility in Minnesota
Dakota Supply Group will bring a branch to Burnsville, Minnesota, in March 2022, serving communities in the southern Twin Cities area.
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ABC Supply Opens Location in Maryland
Ryan Laverdiere manages the building materials giant’s newest location, in the Maryland town of Centreville.
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Core & Main’s 2Q Sales Increase by 35.7%
In Tuesday’s earnings report, Core & Main’s net income decreased 47.5% in 2Q compared to the same quarter a year ago.
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84 Lumber Reopens Indiana Store after 2020 Fire
84 Lumber officially re-opened its rebuilt Greenwood, Indiana store after the original building caught fire more than year ago.
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Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 41.5% in July
But new orders placed in July marked a 5.6% decrease from the previous month of June, according to the most recent U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report.
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Wholesale Trade Sales Up 23.7% in July
Wholesale trade shows improvement from same month in 2020 and was also up from the previous month of June, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Olympic Steel Names Harkins Vice President – Aluminum
Olympic Steel said Harkins’ recent promotion was the result of the company’s specialty metals expansion efforts.
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