Ross Ridout

Ross Ridout offers insights into the pandemic-linked phenomenon of soaring lumber prices. read more >

An Arizona investor paid more than $2.3 million for the Ridout Lumber Co. store in Fayetteville. read more >

Ridout Lumber Co. of Searcy is no longer the state’s largest family-owned after being acquired last month by US LBM of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. read more >

The fortunes of Searcy’s Ridout Lumber Co. and homebuilders are thoroughly intertwined. About 90 percent of sales at the 10-store chain can be attributed to its professional contractor clientele. read more >