Amazon Opens a “Wooden Wonder” with New Indiana Facility

The online giant has built a new delivery station in Elkhart, IN that uses wood extensively throughout its construction. As mass timber construction continues to gain acceptance – and popularity – around the country, Amazon has gotten into the game with a new facility built mostly from wood, as well as lower-carbon materials.  According to […]

NAHB Pushes Back Against New Lumber Tariffs

The latest round of duties on imported wood is creating a new level of uncertainty about the home building business going forward. When President Trump announced a new 10 percent tariff on imported lumber along with additional duties on some furniture, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, the reaction from the industry was as expected. “These […]

Home Depot Rolls Out New Digital Planning Tool for Contractors

The new digital platform is the latest initiative as the big home improvement chain continues to ramp up its pro business efforts. Called the Project Planning tool, the new platform is designed to help professional renovators, remodelers and specialty tradespeople plan, manage and execute complex projects in real time, the company said. It creates materials […]

Specialty Building Products’ OrePac Deal Latest Consolidation

The agreement to buy OrePac Building Products continues an industry trend of mergers and acquisitions around the country. The deal unites Georgia-based Specialty Building Products, LLC (SBP) with OrePac, a regional distributor of specialty building materials based in Oregon. Financial terms for the acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of the year,  […]

Floor & Decor Expands in the West

The specialty building products chain is opening its 29th California location with additional stores elsewhere in the country on tap as well. Even as the building trade continues to face slowdowns in new home construction as well as existing remodeling projects, the retailer is continuing its expansion plans seeking to gain market share. Its newest […]

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 […]