James Anderson

Now in its third year, the LBM 100 continues to demonstrate the strength of the lumber and building materials industry while fighting new challenges such as sky rocketing interest rates, rising inflation and fuel costs, labor shortages, and foreboding talk of a recession.

Anyone who has worked at a lumberyard—not to mention owned and operated one—knows that you need to wear many hats on any given workday.

At Hamilton Building Supply, John Perna’s team completed brackets not for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, but for brands that the company carries.

Looking back at a long career in the lumber business, you've decided it's time to put the company up for sale. But what options...

Shortly after the new year I began re-reading James Clear’s book, “Atomic Habits.”

For a company to succeed in its market for 104 years and counting, Jay Andrew, president of Henry Poor Lumber said the formula is quite simple.

Recent posts on social media show just what your employees think of your company's pay structure — and it's far from positive. What would you do?

Our goal is to recognize and celebrate the growing class of strong, young leaders in the LBM community.

The once-positive environment among the staff at Friendly Building Supply has gotten negative, marked by whispers and backstabbing. What would you do?

You’d be hard pressed to hear a boastful word from the ownership team at Walker Lumber & Supply in Nashville, Tennessee—unless it’s about their staff.