Atlanta, GA-based BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BXC), reported sales for the second quarter of $517 million, up 3.2 percent compared to year-earlier levels. The building products distributor reported a loss of $3.7 million, compared to a net loss of $9.8 million for the second quarter of 2011.
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For the first six months, sales were $970.7 million, 8.9 percent higher than the same period last year. BlueLinx reported a loss of $14.7 million, compared to a prior-year loss of $22 million during the same period.
"For the second quarter we grew our revenue, increased our margins and kept our operating expenses flat as we expanded our out-of-warehouse business, producing an improved operating profit of $3.9 million. This is our first quarterly operating profit since the second quarter of 2010," president and CEO George Judd said.