When you go to most home improvement stores, you’ll find sheds for sale. They may be on a lot or ordered at the store, but still, many have some type of outdoor storage for sale. But it’s a safe bet that the structures offered by most stores aren’t like those[Read More…]
Matt Poe
Matt Poe is the Editor of Shed Business Journal, previously of Shed Builder Magazine.
Coming in 2020: Shed Builder Expo!
Just like the best run and best organized enterprise where everyone from production to sales to delivery personnel are synchronized, a trade show serves to organize and unite the many different companies, both large and small, that together create the shed industry. Shed Builder Magazine has this single purpose in[Read More…]
Shed Trade Show Visionaries
The trade show is a cornerstone for doing business in almost any market, and the shed-building industry is no exception. Builders, dealers, and suppliers and vendors have found trade shows vital for meeting face-to-face and making deals that impact future shed-building and sales efforts. It takes vision and effort to[Read More…]
Sturdy Flooring
As a shed builder, you know how important it is to ensure each part of a structure is built with precision and quality. But have you considered how vital it is for a shed floor to be built properly and sturdily? If the floor isn’t built right, the quality of[Read More…]
Training the Trainers
As much as we’d all like to keep a successful shed-building team together forever, it’s just not possible. One builder might be ready to retire. Another may find a new job. Or, most desirable, your business grows and you need to hire new builders. That means you have to train[Read More…]
The Shed Mover
About 10 years ago, Terry Scheetz was endeavoring to create a scrap metal reclaiming business in Nevada. As part of the business, he built a trailer. “In Nevada, we get a lot of illegal dumping, and scraping shot-out cars was legal,” he says. “Then the law changed and so did that[Read More…]
Kramer Sheds Launches New Website
Kramer Sheds, a builder based in Pennsylvania, reports it launched a new website in June. The company says the website has new features for customers, highlighting the “Build Your Own” section. Visitors to the site can design their own pavilion, pergola, or gazebo. After picking the structure to design, customers[Read More…]
RTO National Named Exclusive Financing Provider for Tuff Shed
RTO National, a provider of consumer lease purchase and installment contracts to the backyard products industry, reports it was recently named the exclusive provider of financing for Tuff Shed. Based out of Denver, Tuff Shed provides storage buildings and garages manufactured and installed locally with domestically produced materials through its[Read More…]
Continuing Growth for Software Development Company
Shed Suite, based in Sarasota, Florida, announced that it has added two more developers bringing its total number to five, according to CEO Jason Graber. These new additions come on the heels of bringing on Wayne Ebersole, CFO and account manager, who joined the shed business software firm last fall. [Read More…]
Roseburg Names Director of Supply Chain and Logistics
Roseburg, a forest products company based in Oregon, reports that Rick Whitmore joined the company as the director of supply chain and logistics, effective June 3. He began serving in early April as the interim leader of these critical functions for the company. Over the past several years, Whitmore has[Read More…]
