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Are home shows a dream come true?
"because people can shop on neutral territory and because they can see a wide variety of goods in one place," says Allen Sullivan, president of Capital Showcase, Sacramento, Ca., a producer of home, garden and remodeling shows.
"A company can obtain sales leads from exhibiting in the show that will supply them with business for months to come," comments Allen Menard of Pointe Coupee Lumber, Lafayette, La. He backed his commitment and his company's years of participation in Lafayette's Blueprints Home, Garden and Leisure Show by serving as chairman for the 1988 event.
The 1988 show at the Cajundome March 4-6 attracted 9000 visitors. a 600/o increase over last year. The Acadian Home Builders Association sponsored the annual show which drew 80 exhibitors this year. Many dealers agreed with Menard that it is "their most effective, yet affordable, form of advertising."
Acadiana Paint & Supply, Norris Rader Lumber Co., Brian Herbert Woodworks, Dixie International Siding, Warren Wholesale Distributors, Doug Ashy Building Materials, Cajun Wood Products, Lafayette Wood Works and Top's Woodworks & Supply Co. were among the building products specialists with booths.
Northwest dealers and distributors will have an opportunity to participate in the annual Home Restoration and Remodeling Show at the Kingdome in Seattle, Wa. July 8-10. The show will coincide with the Greater Seattle Home Restoration and Remodeling Week.
Although both of these examples involved thousands of people, smaller shows such as those set up in local shopping malls can produce similar results. Showcase houses. sometimes organized as charity fund raisers, also offer the opportunity to show products and services to large and select audiences.
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,[/rrorc lr hus opcncd a new llagship storc in l{oanoke, Va. (see p. 40 fbr story) . . . ll4 Lumh<'r ('o. has ncw Irlorida stores in thc works .Stine Lunfien Sulphur, I-a., is adding project centcrs at cach ot'its locations
Ilct'hintrler Co. will open its third Richmond. Va., area store with 60,000 sq. ft. plus a 20,000 sq. li. gardcn ccnter .Si'o//vis has a new store in Ft. Walton Ileach, 1"1....
Plv Marls, /rr'. opened a retail stort: in Norcross, (ia. . . Mt'Coy's Building ^Suppl.v Centers held grand openings for new stores in Sherwood and southwest Little Rock, Ar. (see p. 7 for story) ... llome Depot. Atlanta, Ga.. will enter the New York market this year
Lowc's will open a 33,000 sq. f,t. store in llenderson, N.C., in 1990. . . grand openings celebrated remodeled Lowe's units in Danville, Va., Morganton, N.C., Kannapolis, N.C., Gastonia, N.C., and Thomson, Ga. new Lowe's opened in Florence. Al.. Kernersville and Garner, N.C. (see p. 7 for story); the Mt. Airy, N.C., store has relocated and permits have been granted for a replacement store in Wilson" N.C...
Hughes Lumber Co., Tulsa, Ok., has bought Wickes Lumber Center, Ponca City, Ok., for an undisclosed price J. E. Seors building materials, Appomattox, Va., is 62 years old F. Pety and Son Lumber Co, Suflolk, Va., is 59 years old Pointe Coupee Lumber Co.. Lafayette. La., is 42 years old
I Iix,qinbothum- lJurtlttt, llig Spring. 'l'x.. is now a l{axlwurt' lllnlesalcrs, /nr'. outlet lJuildcrunu will open a 30,-500 sq. fi. store in West (lolumbia, S.(1.. this mclnth Diumond Lumbcr, l)allas, Tx., along with its parent conlpany, Mit'higan Gt,ncral, is officially out of Chapter ll bankruptcy
Trus .loist Corp., which has doubled production capacity at its Natchitoches, La., plant, plans to expand the Valdosla, Cia., joist mfg.plant...
W. P. Stephcrs has opened a new architectural millwork mfg. plant in Woodstock, (ia. . . Willameltc Industries Inc. is purchasing wood processing facilities in Moncure, N.C., and Chester, S.C., from Boise Cascade Corp., each has a plywood plant and a hardwood sawmill
Dean Lumber Co.. Ciilmer. Tx., expects to resume planer mill operations this month following a fire which destroyed its planer building (see p. 2l for story) GUA Coast Plywood Co. has opened a sheathing plant in Natalbany, La.... A, C. Dutton Corp,'s St. Petersburg, Fl., div. is handling sales for the Poughkeepsie, N.Y., treating plant.
Beazer PLC is prevented from taking over Koppers Co. by a preliminary injuction due for consideration by a federal appeals court this month . USGcontinues to defend itself against a hostile takeover by Desert Partners L.P., Midland, Tx....
Lttttther,lack. Inc.. l'alnt llarbrrr, f :1.. itntl Llltirtrutr' ( or7r., l:itst llanovcr. N.J., havc .loincd lbrccs to <lll'er computcr systcms Itrr thc building prorlttcts inclustry.
Vulcan Muul I'ntducts, Inc.. llirmingham, Al.. has bccn sold to a g,roup ol'six contllany ollicials.. . Tunple-lnlund lnc.. l)iboll. Tx., has soltl .11:('O lndus' lrits, Inc. to a ncw conrpany formed by nrcmbers ol' Ali('O management and ( ht'rnirul I tnture Partners of New York
Ralph Wilsott Plaslit'.s ('o., Temple. Tx., has acquired .Strrcrq/l Molding, Inr'., Bend, Or. . Cclotex Corl. has opened an acoustical ceiling tile plant in Meridian, Ms....
Georgia-Pac'i/ic ('orp. is completing its acquisition ol Anu'rican Fitrest Produr'ts Co.. L.P. ..G-P had a decline in building products operating profits Ibr first quarter 1988...
Idaho Timber (-orp. plans a hardwood mfg. plant lbr Rison, Ar. . . Antltony Wood Treating lnc'. is new in Hope,' Ar.... Rivendell Foresl Products has opened an SPF reload in Birmingham, 41....
The 1988 Mulrooney Av'qrd has been presented to former Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul A. Volcker by lhe North American Wholesale Lumber Association (details next month in our coverage of NAWLA's 96th annual meeting, April 1?21, Tarpon Springs, Fl.)
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Housing starts for March (latest figs.) inched up 1.9% to an annual rate of I ,543,000 single family starts increased by 7.Io/o with multi-family units dropping 12.20/o; bldg. permits rose2.1oh...
(Pleasc ttrrn ta page 40)
