Merchants’ sales expectations and confidence point up
Merchants’ sales expectations and confidence point up December’s Pulse was completed one week before the General Election. While Brexit and political... Learn More
Merchants expect a stronger market in 2020
The Pulse, MRA Research’s temperature-check on builders’ merchants’ confidence and prospects, is now in its seventh month. Starting in May 2019,... Learn More
BMBI experts debate issues and industry trends in 4th round table
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) fourth annual Round Table debate took place early December, hosted at Geberit HQ in Warwick. The BMBI... Learn More
Weaker expectations trim confidence in the market
The Pulse, MRA Research’s temperature-check on builders’ merchants’ confidence and prospects, is now in its sixth month. Starting in May 2019,... Learn More
Merchants buoyant against declining market confidence
The Pulse, MRA Research’s temperature-check on builders’ merchants’ confidence and prospects, is now in its fifth month. Starting in May 2019,... Learn More
BMBI shortlisted for Best Use of Research & Insight award at the CMAs
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), a joint enterprise between GfK, the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and MRA Marketing, has been shortlisted... Learn More
Merchants’ expectations & confidence weakens
The most recent results from The Pulse, a monthly tracking survey by MRA Research into merchants’ confidence and prospects, reflects builders’... Learn More
Robust outlook for merchants
The third edition of The Pulse, a series of monthly tracking surveys by MRA Research into merchants’ confidence and prospects, show... Learn More
Market confidence up among merchants in June
The second edition of The Pulse, a series of monthly tracking surveys by MRA Research into merchants’ confidence and prospects, finds... Learn More
Confident merchants expect sales to increase
This article was first published in the Professional Builders Merchants magazine. The first issue of The Pulse, a series of monthly tracking... Learn More