May 7, 2025 | DHL Monthly Newsletter, Doing Business, Lumber, Press
This past week, I had the pleasure of attending a roundtable with the leadership of ten lumber yards around the country in beautiful Natchitoches, Louisiana – the oldest settlement west of the Mississippi! A headline topic was, unsurprisingly, tariffs....
Mar 13, 2024 | DHL Monthly Newsletter, Doing Business
Last month, we sent several of our staff to an estimating course sponsored by the Lumberman’s Association of Texas and PrimeSource Building Products. We are committed to continuing education for our staff. When the subject of estimating comes up, there seems to...
Oct 15, 2021 | Building Practices, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Doing Business, Lumber
ACM Acquisition – Iconic Architectural Supply Company Now Part of Davis-Hawn Family Though Davis-Hawn has been in business since 1923, we were basically starting over in 1999 as the “little guy” in town when I naively bought the business from Wirt Davis. ...
Feb 16, 2020 | Cost of Doing Business, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Doing Business
Scrolling Netflix the other night, I stumbled upon an interesting Norwegian film called Kon-Tiki. Though my wife thought it slow (like some of my favorite Westerns, she commented), I’ve always been fascinated by adventure and exploration stories. I guess when you set...
Nov 6, 2018 | Doing Business
Dr. Stephen Covey, in his famous book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, actually trademarked the phrase “Sharpen the Saw”. As he observed in Habit 7, highly effective people seek continuous improvement and renewal professionally and personally. He...
Dec 24, 2015 | Doing Business
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Merry Christmas from our “yard” to your home. The...
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