Large and local: Culture-first philosophy grows Kodiak Building Partners
Big companies, large in both finance and footprint, are known to be layered and top heavy without a lot of control at a local...
2019 Dealer of the Year: Sunroc Building Materials
LBM Journal’s Dealer of the Year Awards recognize three LBM companies of different sizes that epitomize the entrepreneurial spirit. By our definition, a Dealer...
2019 Dealer of the Year: Howe Lumber
LBM Journal’s Dealer of the Year Awards recognize three LBM companies of different sizes that epitomize the entrepreneurial spirit. By our definition, a Dealer...
2019 Dealer of the Year: Taylor’s Do it Best Building Supply
LBM Journal’s Dealer of the Year Awards recognize three LBM companies of different sizes that epitomize the entrepreneurial spirit. By our definition, a Dealer...
First-name basis: In the heart of Wine Country, Central Valley focuses on community
In its stores and in its communities, below the ground and above the ground, Central Valley strives to build on a solid foundation that...
Team players: In the backyard of Purdue University, Henry Poor Lumber lines up with...
LBM dealers who have learned to last in this industry have a way of serving a need in their communities and turning that service...
There’s riches in niches: New South Construction Supply focuses on what it knows best
Photos by Eli WarrenJim Sobeck has five keys to success. Really, it’s two keys, but the first one is so important that he lists...
Best of both worlds: Penn Valley True Value serves ranch and high-end
When Scott Gutierrez opened Penn Valley True Value in 2011, the demographic projections for first year profits were a little under what he had...
150 years strong: Gordon Lumber has deep roots in Northwest Ohio
A lot of lumber dealers in the U.S. can trace their company’s origins back to when “grandpa started it after the war.” What they...
Marcus Lumber: Building dreams in the fields of Iowa
There is a certain movie quote that once recited, will remind anyone who has seen the film of exactly where the story is set....