Trends

Find out what our research experts view as important changes and trends in homes and building products.

May 18, 2018

Consumer Spending Trends in Outdoor Living Spaces

Now that spring is officially in the air – along with plenty of pollen – it’s time to share some of the findings from our 2018 Consumer Practices Survey (CPS) on outdoor living.

The CPS is a survey of 110,000 U.S. and Canadian households that tracks hundreds of remodeling activities and materials purchases. The results of this year’s survey are now being tabulated, allowing us to see how trends in repair and remodeling purchases and activities are unfolding.

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Data and Trends, Homebuyer Preferences, Building Products, Marketing, Survey Research

May 3, 2018

Labor Shortage Leads to Growth Opportunities in Skills-Reducing, Efficiency-Improving Technologies

The “skill” in the construction industry’s Skilled Labor Shortage is driving market change, favoring skills-reducing and efficiency-improving innovations. More and more, this is not just a matter of simply moving the work from the jobsite to the factory. Rather, many opportunities for manufacturers seem to lie in creating technologies that can maximize efficiencies for both skilled and unskilled laborers on site, while not eliminating either role.

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Data and Trends, Homebuyer Preferences, Building Products, Marketing, Survey Research