Craig Webb

THURSDAY | JANUARY 21 | 9:00–10:00 AM

President

WEBB ANALYTICS

Craig Webb formed Webb Analytics in September 2018 after spending a dozen years as editor-in-chief of ProSales, where he won numerous national writing and editing awards, visited dealers in 49 states, and won renown for his speeches and webinars to groups across the U.S. as well as Japan and Canada. For five of those years, Webb also led Remodeling, a publication for professional remodelers across the U.S. known for its Cost vs. Value report.

Prior to joining ProSales, Webb worked as an editor and reporter at The Wall Street Journal in Brussels and New York. He served as chief economics reporter for United Press International, covered Congress and the White House for McGraw-Hill, was international trade editor at the Journal of Commerce, and other organizations in newsrooms from Indiana to Italy.

Led by Craig Webb, Webb Analytics tracks the trends, threats, and opportunities that can make or break the futures of America's building material manufacturers, distributors, and dealers. He's one of the nation's best-known experts on lumber and building material dealers and distributors, in part based on his 12 years as editor-in-chief of ProSales magazine. Webb has visited dealers in 49 states and several countries. He's an acclaimed speaker to LBM groups nationwide. While at ProSales, he was co-creator of the ProSales 100 Conference and longtime overseer of the industry-standard ProSales 100 list of top LBM dealers. Prior to joining ProSales, he spend decades monitoring businesses in the U.S. and Europe through his work at The Wall Street Journal, McGraw-Hill, American Banker, and UPI.

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