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Home brands fit nicely inside the subscription box concept. So what's the hold up? 

Safety Works has acquired three new glove brands, including Mud, West County Gardner, and Brahma.

Energy Star has awarded Las Vegas-based builder Ryland Homes its Certified Homes Market Leader Award. The award is given annually to builders that build or verify “an outstanding number of Energy Star Certified Homes,” according to the organization.

Last year, Ryland Homes erected 403 homes in Las Vegas that were then Energy Star-certified -- which saved the energetic equivalent of more than 730,000 pounds of coal.

The ProDealer Industry Summit, slated for Oct. 23-25 in Nashville, Tenn., will include a trip to Stewart Builder Supply for a boots-on-the-ground networking and education opportunity.

The Brentwood, Tenn., location of Stewart Builder Supply is welcoming PDIS attendees on Thursday Oct. 24, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

The company held its annual meeting in Las Vegas, where it celebrated its milestone “80th Year of Building Business Together.”

Loans and refinancing transactions are described as tools for growth. 

With Congressional elections on the calendar for Tuesday and the power of the Senate at a possible tipping point, the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association offered its take on political matchups here at the 2014 ProDealer Industry Summit.

Ben Gann, the NLBMDA’s VP legislative and political affairs, pointed to top lumberyard industry issues for 2015 and spelled out where the various elections stand.