Builders’ Merchants’ sales to builders and contractors in the first quarter of 2020 were knocked by the COVID-19 pandemic and Government measures to contain the virus, explain the BMBI.
Total Builders’ Merchants’ value sales to builders and contractors in November 2019 were down -7.4%, compared with the same month in 2018. On one less trading day, average sales a day dropped -3.0%.
Total Builders’ Merchants’ value sales to builders and contractors were down -0.8% in quarter three compared to the same period last year, BMBI stats show.
The Builders Merchant Building Index, a joint enterprise between GfK, the Builders Merchants Federation and MRA Marketing, has been shortlisted for two CMAs.
MRA Research, the specialist research division of full service marketing agency MRA Marketing, has been shortlisted for three awards in this year’s prestigious CMAs.