Research

NPD Stat of the Week: June is on fire

More time at home plus more meals outside equals more than half a billion in grill sales.
Quikrete Industry Dashboard

A busy week of stats includes a turn up for housing starts

Double-digit gains for hardware and LBM sector

Monthly sales show year-over-year growth continues for NAICS 444.
NPD Stat of the Week: $100 per buyer

More buyers, larger baskets add up to lawn and garden sales growth.
Quikrete Industry Dashboard: The numbers

Hardware and building supply stocks wobble on Wall Street.
NPD Stat of the Week: multiple projects

A connection between lawn and garden trips and purchases in tools, paint or lumber.
Vaccinated or not, numbers show strong DIY market

Some (counterintuitive) highlights the Farnsworth May Covid tracker
Quikrete Industry Dashboard: Jobs and stocks

A slight improvement in the unemployment rate highlights a quiet week of stats
NPD Stat of the Week: Grill power

Sales of grills and smokers increased more than 40% in 12 months ending in March.
Quikrete Industry Dashboard: $3 gas

Confidence is up; gas prices are up, and stock prices are (still) up
NPD Stat of the Week: the office edition

Office supplies factor into adjacent-purchase trends.
Consumer Confidence holds steady in May

Metric shows a slight downturn from a downwardly revised April index.
Housing starts, in three charts

More numbers, more graphics from the April residential construction report.
Here are the top 20 hottest markets

The median listing price of a Santa Cruz home will raise eyebrows.