Sentences with phrase «home improvement market»

Rising house prices and incomes, an aging housing stock, and a pickup in household growth are all contributing to today's strong home improvement market.

Wesfarmers could reduce the cost of exiting the British home improvement market by about $ 1 billion if it can find a buyer for the Homebase chain rather than shutting it down.

Woolworths and Lowe's admitted they didn't understand the differences between the US and Australian home improvement markets.

Today's Home Magazine / Curry marketing, Walnut Creek • CA 2005 — 2006 Senior Account Executive Administrated operations and sold print, editorial and online advertising campaigns on a local and regional level to the home building and home improvement markets with consistency in meeting bi-monthly revenue goals.

Much to the chagrin of home improvement stores, the DIY home improvement market has seen a 21 percent decline from 2005 - 2010 according to latest research from Mintel, and more than a quarter (28 percent) of DIYers say they would like to undertake a major renovation or addition to their home, but they just don't have the funds.

Outgoing Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder has defended his $ 1 billion investment in the British home improvement market, saying Bunnings UK and Ireland will eventually make a return but it will take longer than expected to reach profitability.

Why it's hot: With stores in seven countries, Ace is one of the leading forces in the home improvement market.

The home improvement market was worth $ 42 billion a year, and market leader Bunnings accounted for only 16 per cent of the market.

Outgoing Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder has defended his $ 1 billion investment in the British home improvement market, saying Bunnings UK and Ireland will eventually make a return.

Independent research by Experian indicates the scale of the problem in the home improvement market.

Last year the Office of Fair Trading logged 64,780 complaints related to the home improvement market.

According to the same research, last year's rise in the standard rate of VAT to 20 % resulted in nearly 4,000 job losses in the home improvement market in 2011 alone.

Other European countries have reduced the rate of VAT for the home improvement market in order to tackle the informal economy and create new jobs and growth in this important economic sector.

However, capturing this savings potential within the established structure of the home improvement market has...

However, capturing this savings potential within the established structure of the home improvement market has proven to be quite a challenge.

Lowe's is a far second to Home Depot in the home improvement market; MasterCard and Visa dominate the credit card market; and Wells Fargo is still under a cloud for its banking practices, which raises the question of why Apple teamed with these particular companies.

Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies last month issued a report that revealed the nation's home improvement market, at nearly $ 290 billion in 2009, stands to benefit from a post-recession glow of sorts.

«With national house prices rising sufficiently to help owners rebuild home equity lost during the downturn, and with both household incomes and existing - home sales on the rise, we expect to see continued growth in the home improvement market,» says Kermit Baker, director of the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center.