About HMR®
Continuous weekly service to the hardwood industry since 1922.
The Hardwood Market Report, established in 1922, is a weekly publication that provides benchmark pricing and market commentary on North American hardwood lumber and the hardwood products industry. Our primary mission is to provide our subscribers the best and most reliable pricing and market information available.
Who Uses The Hardwood Market Report?
Because it is the authoritative source, Hardwood Market Report attracts a broad range of subscribers. This publication is designed as a tool to aid buyers and sellers to conduct business for hardwood lumber, Oak strip flooring and industrial timbers. Hardwood Market Report is used by primary and secondary manufacturers, logging contractors, foresters, landowners, investment firms, government agencies and academic institutions.
STAFF
The hardwood marketplace is complex. Recognizing and understanding variables in business requires knowledge that only comes from experience. Each member of the Hardwood Market Report editorial staff has been directly involved in hardwood businesses that range from the woods to finished goods. This is your assurance that the collection, analysis and processing of market information is performed accurately and professionally.
Hardwood Market Report will continue efforts to enhance the quality of information reported, as well as provide any additional information that may be valuable to subscribers. We are also committed to improving the accessibility of the Hardwood Market Report, through internet access to the entire report.
Hardwood Market Report staff is constantly broadening and improving information gathering and personal analysis processes. Time and resources are dedicated to establishing even more contacts with individuals and companies involved in production, sales, and the purchase of hardwoods. The basis of pricing and market information not only includes personal contacts, but also incorporates documentation of purchase orders, sales acknowledgments, and invoices for transactions. Because the information shared with the Hardwood Market Report is sensitive, our contacts are assured that all communications and data are handled with the highest degree of confidentiality. It is our firm policy that the Hardwood Market Report will not make market projections or forecast prices based on this privileged information.
BENCHMARK PRICING
Hardwood Market Report provides the most reliable source of pricing information available for truckload and greater quantities of North American hardwood lumber, cants, crossties and Oak strip flooring
In addition to current pricing information, Hardwood Market Report has the most extensive historical pricing database in the world.
MARKET COMMENTARY
Hardwood Market Report offers the most complete market commentary on current conditions and trends available to the hardwood industry. The Report covers individual North American hardwood species on a weekly basis, including green, air dried, and kiln dried lumber activity, as well as pallet lumber, cants, crossties and Oak strip flooring.
INTERNATIONAL COMMENTARY
Hardwood Market Report is aware of the significant impact the international marketplace has on markets in North America. Our publication is circulated throughout North America and around the globe. With our broad international base, our subscribers can be assured of the most up-to-date information affecting the hardwood industry worldwide. The future will see Hardwood Market Report devote even more time and space to the international marketplace.
COMPARATIVE PRICING
Each month, Hardwood Market Report provides a condensed look at historical prices for key species and grades. The tables for Comparative Lumber Prices are divided into three producing regions, Southern, Appalachian, and Northern, and cover both green and kiln dried prices. Subscribers can track historical trends by comparing current prices to those from the preceding three months, and follow through at six month, one year, and two year intervals. While the material is not designed to predict future prices, this monthly feature does offer an informative review of past price movement that is quick and easy to use.
INDUSTRY UPDATES
Subscribers are better prepared for the decision-making process when equipped with statistical information from key market segments. Government figures for exports, and business trends for the Furniture, Cabinet, and Flooring industries can offer tremendous insight into what has been taking place in the market, and why. Hardwood Market Report publishes these statistics each month as they are made available from official agencies and associations. Information is included in related sections for international commentary, strip flooring, and comments for individual species. Without question, this can prove to be an invaluable tool.
U.S. HOUSING STATISTICS
Government statistics for Private Housing Permits, Starts and Completions are commonly used to gauge hardwood activity. Many members of the industry consider these statistics as a barometer for current and future business that may develop for housing-related market segments - Furniture, Cabinets, Flooring, Millwork and others. While Hardwood Market Report neither endorses, nor rejects this as an accurate method of projecting activity, the information can be beneficial to subscribers. Data included are preliminary figures for the seasonally adjusted annual rate of total and single-family Private Housing Permits, Starts and Completions.
THIRD PARTY EDITORIALS
Hardwood Market Report offers a forum for industry leaders and experts to comment on issues affecting the marketplace. The authors and the institutions they represent are well recognized and highly respected, and have made vast contributions to the business community. Government, academic, and trade studies encompassing a wide range of topics have already been published. More are to come. Ours is a changing world and a changing marketplace. As technology advances, global markets shift and emerge, and regulatory issues continue to challenge the hardwood industry, there is a critical need for analysis and opinions from experts.
INTERNET SERVICES
Hardwood Market Report is available to subscribers anywhere in the world through our website. As a benefit of your subscription, you will have immediate access to complete pricing information, market commentary, and advertising seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. Hardwood Market Report can be viewed in its entirety or in part through any Internet provider or online service.
ADVERTISING
Being the most authoritative source of pricing information also makes Hardwood Market Report your best choice for advertising. Although this service is a secondary function of our lumber newsletter, advertisers can be assured of reaching a large and very targeted market through a publication with an established reputation for results. Hardwood Market Report provides an advertising venue that is cost effective for any company of any size by reaching decision makers worldwide.
Each advertisement in the print version of Hardwood Market Report is included in the electronic version at no extra cost. Being online with Hardwood Market Report means your ad is available to established and potential customers around the clock and around the world.
There are additional benefits from advertising with Hardwood Market Report - free online features that other companies want to charge for. To start, your advertisement will be indexed by products and services offered or wanted, and listed in alphabetical order for immediate name recognition for your company. From there, your ad is linked directly to its corresponding page in the report. If your company has an e-mail address or website, your listing will also be hyper-linked to both, providing greater opportunity to communicate with customers.
If you would like to place an advertisement in the Hardwood Market Report, please contact Dorothy Brown at 901-767-9126 or email her at dorothy@hmr.com. She will be happy to assist you with your ad layout and pricing information. If you are already an advertiser in our weekly report and are interested in listing your litems for sale in the Hardwood Wizard search engine, Dorothy can assist you with that also.
HARDWOOD WIZARD®
For the advertiser:
Hardwood Wizard is a powerful search engine formatted specifically for the hardwood marketplace and is hosted by Hardwood Market Report – the industry brand name synonymous with hardwoods.
Hardwood Wizard search engine features are restricted to companies engaged in hardwood lumber business lumber. This means advertisers’ names and products are focused on a very targeted customer base … your customer base! As a Hardwood Wizard advertiser, you have complete administrative control of the account. You have unlimited online access and unlimited product listings.
Online links can be established for prospective customers to directly contact your designated sales personnel. Your advertising then becomes interactive and streamlines the sales process. Your company profile is also available for prospective customers to download and print for reference when planning future purchases.
Harwood Wizard is a low cost and highly effective means to increase your market reach worldwide. Please call or email for more information on how Hardwood Wizard can help improve your business.
For the subscriber:
Hardwood Wizard is a powerful business tool that can help you manage inventory and meet production and sales obejectives more effectively. A tool that makes filling in for unexpected shortfalls in deliveries or unforseen changes in raw material requirements much faster and easier than ever before. Hardwood Wizard is another free user service made available to authorized Hardwood Market Report subscribers.
- Access to current, extensive lists of lumber and other forest products offered for sale.
- A fast and accurate tool returning fast and accurate results ... helps you find the items you need when you need them.
- Unlimited searches - any time and anywhere internet service is available.
- Choice of products from a wide range of companies that are known and recognized throughout the industry.
- Options for contacting individual seller immediately through e-mail and printing the company's information page for future reference.
- Assurance that all searches are completely confidential! "Users" can browse as much as they like without any risk of being "spamed" with unsolicited responses from advertisers! Users must initiate contact with advertisers about items of interest, which save time and annoyance for all parties involved. Absolutely no lists of users are compiled, shared or sold!
SUBSCRIPTIONS
The staff at knows that your time is valuable. Therefore, we have made it as effortless as possible for you to order our lumber newsletter. If you wish to subscribe, give us a call at 901- 767-9126 or write to the address listed below for a free sample copy and subscription form:
Hardwood Market Report
P.O. Box 2633
Memphis TN 38088-2633
You may also want to e-mail us at hmr@hmr.com or fax your request to 901-767-7534.