New York Post

Home Depot to buy building supply distributor SRS in $18B deal — its biggest acquisition ever

Home Depot announced that it’s acquiring SRS Distribution — which sells supplies to builders, roofers, landscapers and pool contractors — in a mammoth $18.25 billion deal that includes assumed debt.
Boston Herald

Home Depot heads deeper into the building supply business with $5 billion acquisition of GMS

Home Depot is buying specialty building products distributor GMS for $4.3 billion, the second notable acquisition in a little over a year that emphasizes a deliberate push by the home improvement ...
Morningstar

Home Depot continues its building-products expansion with reported bid for GMS

Home Depot's move to buy GMS, as the WSJ reported, comes soon after QXO made a $5 billion bid, and a year after its $18 billion buyout of SRS Distribution Home Depot Inc. is looking to build up its ...
Retail Dive

Home Depot to acquire building products supplier for $18.25B

Although professional customers made up just 10% of The Home Depot’s customer base, they represented half of the company’s sales at the start of last year, the company said. Home Depot CEO Ted Decker ...
AOL

Home Depot’s $5 billion purchase of an unsexy building products distributor is a prime example of smart M&A

Earlier this week, Home Depot said one of its business units was buying building-products distributor GMS for some $4.3 billion, prevailing in a bidding war and showing just how seriously the ...