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Monthly Archives: January 2025
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January 06, 2025
October Merchant sales rally with a +7.3% month-on-month increase
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in December, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in October were up +1.2% compared to the same month last year. Volume sales climbed +2.7% while prices slipped -1.4%. With one additional trading day this year, like-for-like value sales (which take trading day differences into account) were down -3.2%.
Year-on-year, nine of the twelve categories sold more, and six did better than Total Merchants with Tools (+14.3%), Workwear & Safetywear (+10.1%), and Services (+6.0%) leading the field. The two largest categories, Heavy Building Materials (+1.1%) and Timber & Joinery Products (-1.0%), were both weaker than Total Merchants.
Month-on-month, October total value sales were +7.3% higher than September. Volume sales were up +6.5% and prices also edged up +0.7%. All bar one of the twelve categories sold more, with Renewables
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