The quarterly Business Index captures net sales revenue from participating member retailers and merchants. Participating members receive a more detailed breakdown including year-on-year comparison; month-on-month comparison, and index comparisons by region, area, number of employees and by category.
The Hardware Association Ireland Business Index is kindly sponsored by Wavin Ireland.
197 member branches are included in the HAI Business Index. The year-on-year increase for the sector as a whole in Q1 is 3% with a contraction in March combined with an increase in both January and February.
The year on year increase in Q1 peaks significantly among Dublin members.
The Business Index is collecting and analysing data at category level. If members would like to contribute and benefit from category data please contact Martin at 087 2226532 or email martin@hardwareassociation.ie.