ITM points finger at Carter Holt, Fletcher after supply issues

ITM points finger at Carter Holt, Fletcher after supply issues
Structural timber supply has been a bone of contention with ITM. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Brent Melville
Independent Timber Merchants (ITM) has broken ranks with the country’s building supply oligopoly over vertical integration, blaming Carter Holt Harvey and Fletcher Building for industry supply chain and pricing issues.The building supply co-operative, which operates through a national network of 91 stores, is one of the country’s five major merchant chains. That puts it in the mix with Fletcher-owned Placemakers, Carters, a subsidiary of Graeme Hart’s Rank Group, Wesfarmers hardware chain Bunnings and Mitre 10.But in the...

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