The wood-focused retail group is launching a sales-boosting tool.

The wood-focused group has elected Elaine Sagers board chair.

Schaefer brothers, co-owners of Automated Routing Bringing Woodworking Jobs Back to the USA and Other Feats of CNC Automation

If all lacquer thinners were the same, adding a little bit more would be easy. But, it’s not.

This week in wood: Jasper Wood Products blaze investigators say the cause was "accidental" in the March 13 fire. Lumber firm Timber Products contributed to Connor Sports Flooring's modular basketball courts for the Final Four in Houston and Indianapolis. March lumber futures spiked on initial reports of Japan's massive earthquake, then fell. Fresh equity investment came to the wood industry in Canada and the U.S. And Lowe's expanded cabinet making operations.

Lacquer thinner is lacquer thinner...right? In the 21st Century when lacquer coatings are very high tech, the answer is almost always a resounding no.

At interzum, May 25-28 in Cologne, Germany, lightweight furniture construction, with built-in LED lighting and electronics, and components produced with reduced weight, will be among the trends.

One easy way to get practice selling is to “expose your wood products to the risk of sale.” The more times you try to sell the more practice you will get.

The millwork plant at Lowe’s Cos.'s Lexington, NC distribution center will add a 25-employee production line for the assembly and distribution of unfinished cabinetry. Separately, Lowe's invited online merchants to join its site in states where Amazon has withdrawn as part of a sales tax dispute.

Develop safeguards and common sense guidelines for independent sales reps.