Renovation to be covered in the Home Grants Scheme This story from News implies that the government will pay out grants of around $25,000 for people to build new homes or renovate – but not everyone will be eligible. Click here to read more
Improving Houses Australia: how’d you like a $40k grant to renovate your home? This story from the Peter Switzer website talks to the current stimulus spending in the home renovation market. According to Switzer “the Government wants to put a Scott Cam in every would-be renovators house to make their property the best on The […]
Coronavirus lockdown inspires home improvement, as consumer spending rebounds The home sector is a stand-out in this commentary on CAB and ABS data from May 2020. While Food and alcohol card spending turned higher than a year ago, while spending on household furnishings and equipment was up by 53 per cent as people used more […]
Renovation Upgrades are Through the Roof in Lock Down The Housing Industry Association’s Victorian Executive Director Fiona Nield has joined Universal Media Co in observing ‘home time’ as driver for renovation spending according to this commentary from The Australian. Overall spending on household goods through March was up by 9 percent, according to the recent […]
In the Post Coronavirus World, Australians spend more money turning homes into castles – May 2020 Even the spending experts are starting to notice this in Australia… Commonwealth Bank Australia economist Gareth Aird said there had been a 25 per cent increase in credit and debit card spending on household furnishings and equipment compared to […]
Consumers Spend More in the Kitchen During Isolation Bread makers experienced revenue growth of more than 600% year-on-year (YoY) in March, according to the latest GfK data, which is the highest reported YoY growth rate across any category tracked by GfK, as consumers spend more time in the kitchen during isolation. Click here to read […]
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Strengthens for Third Week and Time to Buy Major Household Item Up 8% Consumer confidence has strengthened for the third week running, up 7.7%, with gains broadly based, except for ‘current finances’ which dipped slightly, according to the latest ANZ-Roy Morgan survey. The ‘time to buy a major household item’ index […]
You won’t See This Forever – Homewares Up 450% YOY at Myer Online Myer has confirmed online growth of more than 800% during its Easter weekend sale, followed by over 300% growth during its Super Weekend offers. On the Saturday of the Easter Treats sale, home and entertainment orders were up 300% year-on-year, with Breville, […]
Finding New Customers During the Coronavirus Crisis Coronavirus has disrupted the way we do any “Do-It-For-Me”, consultancy-based home business. For many businesses this has been the perfect storm – on the one hand once-promising customers have gone cautious, on the other a new type of customer who always had the money but now has the […]
Coronavirus – A Driver for More Home Projects From The Drum – Europe’s largest Marketing web portal – a reflection on how DIY consumers are shopping during Coronavirus in Europe. Click here to read more.