Our Research

As part of our com­mit­ment to pro­vide HIRI mem­bers with some of the best research, we have part­nered with Trend Hunter, a leader in trend spot­ting, to help iden­ti­fied what are some of the trends that play a role in the home, hous­ing, and home improve­ment. As part of this part­ner­ship, we will be releas­ing a series of reports focus­ing on these trends. Along with the infor­ma­tion itself with­in the report, each one gives an oppor­tu­ni­ty to dig deep­er into the var­i­ous top­ics to relat­ed writ­ings and arti­cles sup­port­ing these trends.

Join us as we wel­come Scott Hazel­ton of IHS Mark­it to dis­cuss updates to the econ­o­my and fore­casts for the US home improve­ment prod­ucts market.

Learn the work impacts that pro­fes­sion­al con­trac­tors are see­ing as a result of mate­r­i­al short­ages. How often they are expe­ri­enc­ing dif­fi­cul­ties, where they delays are com­ing in, how it has affect­ed their costs and more.

As part of our com­mit­ment to pro­vide HIRI mem­bers with some of the best research, we have part­nered with Trend Hunter, a leader in trend spot­ting, to help iden­ti­fied what are some of the trends that play a role in the home, hous­ing, and home improve­ment. As part of this part­ner­ship, we will be releas­ing a series of reports focus­ing on these trends. Along with the infor­ma­tion itself with­in the report, each one gives an oppor­tu­ni­ty to dig deep­er into the var­i­ous top­ics to relat­ed writ­ings and arti­cles sup­port­ing these trends.

The Eco­nom­ic & Indus­try Update cov­ers gen­er­al eco­nom­ic data, hous­ing mar­ket data, and home improve­ment mar­ket data.

Prod­uct cat­e­go­ry info­graph­ics pro­vid­ed to HIRI mem­bers through a spe­cial part­ner­ship with TraQ­line (The Steven­son Company).

Pro­fes­sion­al con­trac­tors have their own needs and desires when choos­ing which chan­nel to pur­chase their goods. Learn pro’s chan­nel selec­tion behav­iors, dri­vers and sat­is­fac­tions with the Con­trac­tor Chan­nel Behav­ior report.

HIR­I’s 2021 Vir­tu­al Sum­mit Day Three is focused on the home improve­ment chan­nels. See pre­sen­ta­tion record­ings and down­load pre­sen­ta­tion materials.

HIR­I’s 2021 Vir­tu­al Sum­mit Day Two is focused on the home improve­ment cus­tomer, prod­ucts and projects. See pre­sen­ta­tion record­ings and down­load pre­sen­ta­tion materials.

HIR­I’s 2021 Vir­tu­al Sum­mit Day One is focused on the home improve­ment mar­ket. See pre­sen­ta­tion record­ings and down­load pre­sen­ta­tion materials.

As part of our com­mit­ment to pro­vide HIRI mem­bers with some of the best research, we have part­nered with Trend Hunter, a leader in trend spot­ting, to help iden­ti­fied what are some of the trends that play a role in the home, hous­ing, and home improve­ment. As part of this part­ner­ship, we will be releas­ing a series of reports focus­ing on these trends. Along with the infor­ma­tion itself with­in the report, each one gives an oppor­tu­ni­ty to dig deep­er into the var­i­ous top­ics to relat­ed writ­ings and arti­cles sup­port­ing these trends.

While fre­quent­ly look­ing at Con­trac­tor pur­chas­ing, much empha­sis is giv­en to what pur­chas­es are made. This report takes a step back and exam­ines how Pros are mak­ing the deci­sions on which prod­ucts to buy.