Nation’s Best announced the acquisition of Perryville, Ark.-based Weiss Do it Best Lumber.
“Weiss Lumber is a great fit with the Nation’s Best family of home improvement businesses,” Chris Miller, president and CEO of Nation’s Best, said in a news release. “Owners Bill Weiss and his nephew Russell have done an outstanding job establishing Weiss Lumber as the go-to source for home renovation and new construction in the Fourche La Fave River Valley.
Weiss Lumber represents the second Arkansas location for Nation’s Best. Weiss Lumber offers a full-service lumberyard, with a strong focus on power tools, electrical equipment, and hand tools.
“We’re extremely proud of the reputation we hold in our community and we’re especially excited by the growth possibilities that come with partnering with Nation’s Best,” Bill Weiss said. “Our focus will continue to be on solving every customer’s problem by turning that challenge into an opportunity.”
As part of Nation’s Best’s acquisition strategy, Weiss Do it Best Lumber will maintain its existing brand name, with its key leadership team overseeing company operations alongside Nation’s Best. Nation’s Best will provide strategic and financial support to drive optimal growth and profitability, according to the co-op.
Nation’s Best, founded in 2019, is a member-owner of Do it Best Corp., a U.S. based hardware, lumber, and building materials buying cooperative in the home improvement industry.
Nation’s Best completed several acquisitions in 2020, including its acquisition of Groom & Sons’ and Lambert Lumber in February 2020, its acquisition of five-unit, Bridgeport Building Centers in March 2020, its acquisition of Hall’s Hardware July 2020, its acquisition of two-unit Simms Lumber in October 2020, its acquisition of five-unit Connolly’s Do it Best Hardware & Rental in November 2020. In 2021, the company completed the acquisition of BTU Do it Center, the acquisition Hometown Hardware, the acquisition of Caron Building Center, the acquisitions of Hipp Modern Builders Supply and Panhandle Lumber & Supply, the acquisitions of Ron’s Lumber & Home Center and Gilmer Lumber, and the acquisition of Craft Beaver Home Centers. Earlier in February, Nation’s Best acquired Woodland Building Center in Arizona.
