One of the keys to Dakota Storage Buildings‘ success is seeking win-win circumstances in all its relationships, including with employees, suppliers, and customers. As the internet has become a major shopping tool, the company, located in Milbank, South Dakota, wanted to provide its customers with a better online buying experience[Read More…]
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Students Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Students from M. Agnes Jones Elementary School—the first STEM Certified school in the Atlanta Public Schools district—recently experienced some close encounters with animals and plants at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, located about 25 miles away in the northern suburb of Roswell, Georgia. Trips like this one take these city kids[Read More…]
Which Barn is Right for Your Customer?
When searching for a new storage shed, your customers have likely seen many barn styles on the market, but they’re unsure which would be best for their needs. Lofts or no lofts, short walls or tall walls, workbench or no workbench, porch or no porch. Lots of options to choose[Read More…]
Roseburg Reorganizes Structural Products Sales Team
Phil Odom has been named business director for structural products at Roseburg Forest Products, the company reports. In his new role, Odom will have commercial responsibility for the structural products businesses, including plywood, lumber and engineered wood products. He joined Roseburg from BlueLinx Corporation in January as business manager for[Read More…]
Shed Builder Now Offers Shed Removals
Capitol Sheds, the small storage solutions company in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is now offering custom shed removal, the company reports. “Customers ask us, what is ‘custom’ shed removal?” says Loren Shetler, president of Capitol Sheds. “The answer is this: Sheds come in all shapes and sizes and are located on different[Read More…]
Universal Forest Products Moves Up on Fortune 1000 List
Universal Forest Products Inc., a holding company that provides capital, management, and administrative resources to subsidiaries that supply wood, wood composite, and other products, has climbed to number 610 on the Fortune 1000, the publication’s list of the largest companies in the United States based on annual revenue, the company[Read More…]
The Wood Shed Life
Alan and Alice Bradshaw are known in the Meridian, Idaho, community. What are they known for? Sheds. So much so that people can get confused about the name. “Someone actually thought Alan’s last name was Woodsheds,” relates Alice. It’s an understandable mistake since the shed-building business the couple runs is[Read More…]
Customer Reserve Accounts
Rent-to-own agreements provide a great value for customers by allowing them the flexibility of a monthly contract, which can be terminated at any time by returning the rental property. The entry into a rental agreement is typically fairly low, with no credit checks being a common practice, and low monthly[Read More…]
High Prices Likely Here to Stay
The lumber market has continued to make new highs, and the industry has come to the realization that high prices are here to stay. With little evidence that dealers and distributors have built a 90-day inventory, the capacity for future gains looks inevitable. Why are lumber prices making history?[Read More…]
Cook Cares Donates to St. Jude
Cook Cares, a division of Cook Portable Warehouses based in Georgia that is dedicated solely to giving back to their community across 14 states, recently donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Jonathan Bevis, marketing director, recently attended the St. Jude’s Partner Summit, May 16-17, in Memphis, Tennessee, to[Read More…]
