Plumbing & Heating price rises drive +2.6% Q3 value sales growth
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in November, shows total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants... Learn More
Builders’ Merchant Q3 volume down -10.5% on Q2 2022. Value sales down -3.3%.
Compared to the same period in 2022, Q3 2023 total volume sales to builders and trades fell -10.5% from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants.... Learn More
Plumbing & Heating Merchants’ August sales volumes were +0.8% ahead of July
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for August 2023 through specialist plumbing... Learn More
June to August Builders Merchant volumes up +5.3% on previous 3 months
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -3.3% in the month of August compared... Learn More
Positive year-on-year Plumbing & Heating growth (+8.5%) for Merchant in July
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for July 2023 through specialist plumbing... Learn More
May-July Builders Merchant value sales +8.5% up on previous 3 months
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -0.4% in July compared to the same... Learn More
Plumbing & Heating Merchant Q2 sales rise +3.9%, as price inflation (+7.2%) compensates for falling volume (-3.0%)
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in August, shows total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants... Learn More
Q2 value sales up +7.6% on Q1, with volume up +11.3% and prices down -3.3%
Quarter-on-quarter, total value sales from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants climbed +7.6% in Q2 2023 compared to January to March 2023. Growth came from... Learn More
What’s beyond the numbers? Understanding the significance of value vs volume sales
Mike Rigby, CEO of MRA Research, asks Emile van der Ryst of GfK to make sense of the apparent anomalies between volume... Learn More
Celebrating The Pulse’s 50th report – and looking for new sponsors!
This summer saw The Pulse’s 50th monthly trend survey of builders’ merchants’ sales expectations and confidence. Sadly, it was the last in... Learn More