Retail Acquisitions in Mississippi

Nation's Best Holdings, a Dallas-based holding company focused on home improvement stores, acquired Huntington Lumber & Supply Co., a Do it Best Home Center in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. The transaction closed July 15, 2024, with the Huntington brothers selling the business and remaining in place to manage operations as part of Nation's Best's roll-up strategy to grow independent hardware and building-supply locations.

Kansas Golf & Turf (a portfolio company of Strength Capital Partners) has merged with Ben Nelson Golf & Outdoor, an award-winning distributor and dealer of golf cars, utility vehicles, trailers and turf equipment. Ben Nelson Golf & Outdoor operates three locations in Madison and Biloxi, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee with ~50 employees; the combined KGT/BNG business will operate from five strategic locations to expand geographic reach and service capabilities across the Midwest, Southeast and Southwest United States.