Home Improvement

COVID-19 had a significant adverse impact on home improvement during 2020 as restrictions on movement temporarily halted professional renovation and redecoration projects. Even after the measures were eased, some local consumers remained reluctant to…

Home improvement continued to be a focus for French consumers in 2021 albeit to a lesser extent than in 2020. With consumers spending longer periods of time at home and restricting major renovation works due to financial concerns, many customers…

Following a low dip in value sales the previous year, home improvement recorded high single-digit current value growth in 2021, as the construction sector picked up. Within the category, floor tiles, wooden flooring, kitchen sinks and hand tools were…

Having fallen in 2020 due in large part to disruption arising from the pandemic, home improvement retail constant value sales (2021 prices) rebounded strongly during 2021. Home improvement recorded the weakest performance within home and garden in…

Home improvement and gardening stores continued to dominate the retail distribution of home improvement products in 2021. These remained key outlets for consumers looking to choose from a wider range of home and garden products. As the threat of…

In 2020, as people stayed at home due to COVID-19, and spent much longer inside the house compared with pre-pandemic, the home increased its presence in people’s lives. Changes that occurred with home seclusion included changes in lifestyle. Students…

Home improvement continued to see retail current value growth in 2021, albeit at a slower pace than in 2020. The housing market in Canada boomed during 2021, especially in the first half of the year, due to go higher GDP and the relaxation of…

Home improvement saw accelerated growth in 2021, though the category proved resilient during the previous year and the onset of COVID-19 as the measures introduced to stem the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus forced consumers to work from home and…

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indonesian government introduced Value Added Tax (VAT) incentives for the housing sector. Under the regulation, the VAT payable on the delivery of landed houses or apartment units starting from March 2021 was…

One of the most immediately apparent responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns was the determination by Australian householders to use their new-found spare time to fix the myriad of maintenance problems facing their homes. These…

Historically a do-it-yourself country, the revived interest in DIY projects in Germany, including the younger do-it-for-me (DIFM) generation, was the main story for home improvement in 2020. The strong growth in 2020 was in sharp contrast to the…

The housing market was flourishing at the end of the review period which helped to ensure steady sales growth in home improvement in current value terms in 2021. Some Polish consumers invested their savings into property, often with the aim of…

With people staying at home as a result of lockdowns and remote working and studying following COVID-19, trends for DIY have continues to grow swiftly in 2021. More time spent at home has simply meant more focus on the domestic environment, and…

Home improvement is set to see strong value growth in 2021 in current terms, driven by inflation; in real terms, the category is set to see another year of value decline. However, decline in 2020 and 201 is less steep than in 2019. The pandemic has…

Although Taiwan experienced rising cases of COVID-19 in early 2021, leading to the entire country entering a semi-lockdown period from May to August, real estate continued to gain momentum during the year. This can be partly attributed to further…

The pandemic hit the Singaporean economy hard in 2020, leading to rising unemployment levels. This scenario also had a considerable negative impact on spending power for much of the year, as consumers saved their money. As such, Singaporeans focused…

Home improvement witnessed a strong recovery in current value terms in 2021 following 2020’s decline. A surge in sales was driven by a rebound in redecoration activities, revitalising offline channels, as well as manufacturers’ new product launches.…

Home improvement sales fell steeply in 2020 and continued to do so in 2021 as lockdowns and business restrictions led to the postponement of renovation projects and moving home. The severe economic impact of these restrictions, which led to job…

Even though many COVID-19 restrictions have been eased in 2021, Romanians continue to spend considerable amounts of time at home, either because many people are still working or studying there, or because restrictions on entertainment and…

Home improvement in Sweden experienced further current value growth in 2021. This performance was supported by the fact that the pandemic continued to impact consumers and their purchasing priorities earlier in the year, as some restrictions remained…