Barometer

Average retail sales continued their upward trajectory in 2024 – up 5.1% to 62.1 in March – dispelling fears that 2024 is going to be

Average sales increased again in February. It may have only been by 1.2% to 59.1, but it demonstrates that the big leap in January wasn’t

Both leads and sales rebounded in January, heralding a positive start to 2024 despite the wider market appearing sluggish. Before we pulled off the data

2023 was, most would agree, a tough year for trading, especially as we emerged from a significant boom following Covid, and straight into inflationary pressures

I ended last month’s Barometer by asking if we could see a positive end to a tricky year. We know that this month [December 2023]

At a glance, the Business Pilot Barometer figures look promising for October 2023: average leads were up 16.5% to 115.9, and average sales jumped 18.9%

As we head into the final quarter of 2023, the industry is in much better shape than at the start of the year. Looking back

The headline figure this month is that at 47.4, sales are up 5.8% in August 2023 from July, which is 20.3% higher than the same

Business Pilot users are on average converting 43.9% of leads. This is a 3.3% increase on the already high June figure of 42.5%, and a

In June, the Bank of England raised the baseline interest rate to 5%, and signalled that it could be raised further before the end of

Returning to offices and showrooms following three positive days at the FIT Show in Birmingham last month [May 2023], it is reassuring to see that

‘We are seeing a slowdown. Average window and door sales in April [2022] dropped 13% on March, while leads dropped by 20%’. There is a