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Managing market uncertainty
Many of our LBM Journal readers are bullish on the future. It’s the present that they’re working to navigate.
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Do it Best Foundation Announces Grant Recipients
The Do it Best Foundation is proud to announce the distribution of over $93,000 in grants to organizations dedicated to creating brighter futures for kids and families in the communities where Do it Best team members live and work.
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Bliffert Lumber Merges With Jauquet Lumber
Bliffert Lumber is proud to announce its merger with Jauquet Lumber Co Inc., a respected, family-owned business based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Hancock Lumber’s Bethel Sawmill Hosts Employee Day
Bethel Sawmill General Manager, Keith Trask, created an amazing opportunity to bring families to the mill for a first-hand look “behind the scenes” of the operations that happen on site every day.
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LBM Talks Credit: Demystifying Credit Insurance, with Coface
This episode of LBM Talks Credit is all about Credit Insurance. Thea is joined by Joe Ketzner, Regional Vice President, and Bobby Williams, Vice President of Business Information Sales, from Coface, a global credit insurance company.
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Simpson Strong-Tie Awards 120 Scholarships
The company awarded $3,000 scholarships to 120 college juniors and seniors studying architecture, structural and civil engineering, or construction management.
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Sales & Marketing
The Unique Selling Promise
Columnist Rick Davis discusses the origin of the unique selling promise and why it's important for every salesperson to have their own.
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Learning From the Shedeur Sanders Mess
Columnist Bradley Hartmann shares how the recent headlines about Shedeur Sanders relates to how you coach your sales reps.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Should Gross Profit Margin Rise or Fall With Sales Revenue?
Columnist John D. Wagner explains why gross profit margin should not rise or fall with sales and reasons that it could.
Leadership
Part 3: Taking on Leadership | The Personnel Challenge
Columnist Russ Kathrein says, "The most important areas to address when starting a leadership position are people and process."
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