The Pulse: Merchants’ confidence grows as they expect sales to grow.
All types and sizes of builders’ merchants across the country expect to grow. Short and medium-term sales expectations are among the highest in two years.
Inflation is high, energy costs are squeezing disposable incomes for sure, and supply problems remain, but despite gloomy predictions from economists and Government, and journalists and commentators talking down the market, builders’ merchants have got their tails up.
Merchants base their confidence and expectations on what their customers say and do, and merchants have been getting more confident in the market, and very confident in the prospects for their own business.
The Pulse, by MRA Research, is a monthly tracking survey of merchants’ confidence and prospects. Telephone interviewing took place 3rd and 4th April 2023 (2 working days).
The Pulse is a monthly trends survey that tracks builders’ merchants’ confidence and prospects over time and is produced by MRA Research, the market research division of MRA Marketing. View all reports here.
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