Mass Timber Japan-Style
In what represents one of its first uses for a sports stadium, a Japanese soccer team is using mass timber for its new home. The Japanese city of Fukushima was devastated by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami that created a nuclear disaster in 2011 but ever since it has been trying to rebuild, both physically […]
Westwood Ho! Announcing the Very First IWF West Trade Show & Conference
IWF West’s 2027 premiere in San Antonio expands IWF’s service to the North American Woodworking industry. It’s official: The International Woodworking Fair is growing West with an all-new trade show and conference extending and expanding IWF’s long-running Atlanta franchise. IWF West will debut August 25 to 27, 2027 in San Antonio, Texas in a three-day […]
Supply and Demand Issues Continue to Trip Up Lumber Sector
Even as prices keep falling for lumber and lumber futures, some sawyers are countering with reduced production. Not in recent memory have prices for wood been as volatile as they are now, with political relations between the U.S. and Canada, tariffs, lower demand in the home building sector and producers reacting to all of this […]
Builders Rolling Out Incentives to Get Americans to Buy Homes
Just like any good retailer, the country’s home builders are resorting to promotions to jumpstart their businesses. Even as demand remains high for homes, builders are finding they need to incentivize potential buyers to sell a growing number of unsold homes. Recent reports have outlined a number of promotional activities they are resorting to when […]
Need Something Fast from Ace? Click on DoorDash
The latest in on-demand delivery has come to the home improvement field with a new Ace Hardware/DoorDash tie-in. Homeowners and builders can now get fast delivery of home improvement essentials – as fast as one hour – from more than 4,000 Ace stores that are part of a just-announced partnership. Ace says it is the first retailer […]
Mass Timber Comes to the Atlanta Metro Area
The first use of mass timber for a municipal facility in Georgia has opened in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven. Opening ceremonies were held several weeks ago at the new $78 million Brookhaven City Hall for the landmark construction in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The new building, at 4047 Peachtree Road, is next to Atlanta […]
Home Depot & Lowe’s: Who’s Winning the Pro Market?
The two giant home remodeling retail chains have been doubling down their efforts to serve the professional market. It was Lowe’s that made the latest move in this back-and-forth competition to enhance their contractor sectors with its purchase of Foundation Building Materials last month. The $8.8 billion deal is expected to close in the fourth […]
Will New Trump Tariffs Bring U.S. Furniture Production Back?
Duties on imported furniture could go up substantially but insiders say the return of domestic production remains a challenge. The furniture industry has been subject to the back-and-forth fight over tariff policies as much as virtually any other sector in the American market, with key supplying nations including China, Vietnam and India all being subjected […]
The Lumber Tariff Wars Continue with Canada
Trying to keep track of the latest developments in trade between the U.S. and Canada is a daunting task, especially when it comes to lumber. Even as the two countries appear to have stepped back from the ledge when it comes to retaliatory tariffs – at least for now – lumber continues to be in […]
Ace Hardware Will Open 175 Stores This Year
The big hardware chain has already opened 100 new locations this year, part of its nationwide expansion effort. The chain is now up to almost 5,200 retail stores around the country with these latest openings, and more are on the way. With more than 8,700 locally owned and operated stores globally, Ace Hardware says it […]