Ace Hardware Outperformance Encouraging for Building Trades

Record revenues for its fourth quarter and full year provide positive signs for the business going forward. The big national hardware cooperative reported consolidated revenues rose 9.9 percent to $2.5 billion for the three months ending Jan. 3. Total wholesale revenues were $2.3 billion, an increase of 10.0 percent compared to the prior year fourth […]

VIDEO – What is MASS TIMBER? – You keep hearing it talked about, but what really is MASS TIMBER, and why is the industry exploding?

Don’t miss the new Mass Timber and Prefab Showcase premiering at IWF 2026. Learn about the Showcase Check out Ethan’s furniture company at ethanabramson.com and connect with him on Instagram @thebuildwithethan.

QXO Latest Deal Continues Its Building Products Ramp-up

With the acquisition of Kodiak as its latest deal, QXO is building on its plan to consolidate the highly fragmented building products industry. Kodiak is being acquired for $2 billion in cash and 13.2 million QXO shares. When the deal was announced, the total size of the transaction was estimated by QXO to be $2.25 […]

James Hardie Closing Two Facilities in Consolidation Move

The big building supply company is focusing on fewer, more efficient facilities going forward. The company said it is “taking steps to optimize its manufacturing footprint” and will close manufacturing facilities in Fontana, CA, and Summerville, SC, within the next 60 days. The sites’ manufacturing operations, which represent approximately 6 percent of the company’s year-to-date […]

Remembering Frank Gehry

He’ll always be more associated with metals like titanium but the famed architect has a long history working with wood. Gehry died in December at age 96 and will forever be known for his signature Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, along with the dozens and dozens of projects that followed, most of which used exotic […]