by Chris | Mar 12, 2025 | Home & Garden Improvement (HIG), News, Sell more hoses
Total Builders Merchants saw the usual seasonal pattern in 2024, with a boost in the middle two quarters, but the Quarterly Builders Merchant Building Index was behind the equivalent quarter in 2023 for each of the four quarters, suggesting a tough year overall....
by Chris | Mar 17, 2023 | Home & Garden Improvement (HIG), News
A joint statement from John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders’ Merchant Federation (BMF) and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association (CPA) who are co-chairs of the Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group covered in the...
by Chris | Nov 18, 2022 | Home & Garden Improvement (HIG)
Following a couple of months of economic turbulence and forecasts of inflation, recession and growing unemployment, we have taken a look at two emerging retail market trends and how they could impact on the Home and Garden market. Online vs traditional retail There...
by Chris | May 31, 2022 | Home & Garden Improvement (HIG), News, Sell more hoses, Winster
In 2020 and 2021, demand for Home Improvement and Garden (HIG) products saw significant growth. It is widely accepted that the pandemic and specifically lockdown was an important stimulus for this sector. Numerous reasons have been suggested for this growth,...
