The outdoor structures business consolidates the way every other construction-adjacent market does: through acquisitions. A larger provider buys a regional brand, keeps the stores open, and rolls the product lines into a bigger operation. A 25-year-old Virginia shed company changed hands in a 2023 deal that gave the buyer eight product categories and an instant […]
Most garage and storage building purchases start at a sales and design center, where buyers walk through display units, pick finishes, and place an order. Manufacturers treat these locations as their public face, which is why expansion news keeps coming from the industry. A Denver-based manufacturer opened two new locations in a single year, one
Growth in construction rarely happens by accident. Tuff Shed Inc., the Denver-based maker of storage buildings and garages, marked its 35th year with a string of double-digit sales increases and a projection of more than a quarter billion dollars in revenue for 2016. The company’s path from a single Idaho workshop in 1981 to a
Digital advertising looks simple from the outside: pick a platform, write an ad, wait for leads. The builders and dealers who get results treat it as a budgeted business function instead. The question that comes up most often is not which platform to use but how much to spend. This article lays out a practical
Customers arrive at a shed lot or website with a problem to solve: storage, a workshop, a place to relax, or extra living space for a family that keeps growing. The reasons for buying a shed are as varied as the buyers, and most of them need guidance before they commit to a size. An
Construction employers are competing for workers in the tightest labor market in decades. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 3.6 percent in March 2022 while roughly 11 million jobs sat open against about 6 million unemployed people. Skilled crews have options, and they act on them. Workers leave for many reasons, but the evidence points to
Fall is the planning window for the winter selling season. Dealer teams use the weeks before cold weather to double-check inventory, order what is missing, finalize outstanding work, discuss where each shed will sit on the lot, and clean up the displays so the lot is ready to sell. The sooner that planning starts, the
Every builder likes to think their work is the best on the lot. Parents think the same about their children, dog owners are convinced their pets behave perfectly, and creators of every stripe believe their artwork is absorbing. Pride in workmanship is healthy, but it does not make a sales argument. When two crews can
Opening a second shed lot looks like a straightforward real estate decision, but the owners who do it well treat it as two separate projects: finding a piece of ground that generates traffic, and finding people who turn that traffic into sales. Both steps reward the same methodical checking that professionals use elsewhere in construction.
Every few months, industry associations and trade journals ask construction business owners how their sales are moving. The answers, collected into climate surveys, give owners a look at the market beyond their own fence line. When 61 percent of shed businesses reported that new orders rose in the past 30 days while 39 percent saw
