Tariffs that were meant to protect domestic producers are now ricocheting through the home improvement sector, helping to ...

Home Depot signaled the swings in lumber prices plaguing builders are not going to abate anytime soon. "When lumber hit those extraordinary highs in the early part of last year, we saw a dramatic unit ...

The Fed’s rate hikes are beginning to have their effect on slowing inflation. For example, lumber prices have dropped more than 50% since the central bank started raising interest rates in March.

With lumber prices going into free fall lately after soaring to record highs just a few months ago, at least one prominent American business executive has a simple explanation: It’s all a matter of ...

America’s biggest home-improvement chains say the lumber market is returning to normal after a period of extreme and record volatility. A near doubling of lumber prices zapped consumer demand at do-it ...

The do-it-yourself center is getting out in front of potentially litigious controversies. A recent study by the environmental group Ecology Center may give the flooring specialist a new headache, as ...

Lumber is a core component for many of the projects that drive people to Home Depot. For instance, the work-from-home trend created an urgent need for home offices. Some folks turned existing spaces ...

MILWAUKEE — Two home improvements stores are accused of deceiving the buyers of four-by-four boards, the big brother to the ubiquitous two-by-four. The alleged deception: Menards and Home Depot (HD) ...