Nearly a third (31%) of U.S. adult have gardened in the last 12 months. Gardening has fallen off slightly since 2005, with participation rates dropping by a couple of percentage points. Despite this longer-term slight decline, the percentage of people gardening held firm during the recession--as way to reduce stress, grow food, gain more sense of control over one’s life, or simply because consumers were at home more or more practical-minded in their leisure spending. Gardeners tend to be 35 an...
October 8, 2013Plant-loving Millennials are treating plants as an initial step toward the responsibility that comes with parenting or homeownership.
February 10, 2021Consumers who engage in gardening as a hobby also tend to share many sentiments familiar to the clean label movement, according to research in the report "Home Gardening Consumer Insights"
August 5, 2020Sales of home organization products in the U.S. were on a tear until the recession and housing crash ground growth to a halt. In fact sales declined in 2008 and 2009 before beginning a r ecovery that continued through 2014. In the report Home Organization in the U.S.: General Purpose, Closets, Garages, and Storage Sheds, 3rd Edition , Packaged Facts estimates that U.S. manufacturer’s sales of home organization products reached $8.5 billion in 2014. The market grew at a compound annual growth rat...
January 5, 2015The impact of online shopping on brick and mortar retailers is becoming more pronounced as consumers grow increasingly comfortable making purchases from the comfort of home – including purchases of bed and bath furnishings.
October 19, 2018To solve their growing storage conundrums, most Americans don’t need intervention, they need innovation.
April 24, 2017Chlorine tablet shortage presents opportunities for alternate chemicals and water treatment system suppliers
April 18, 2021This blog is based on Packaged Facts’ Lawn and Garden Supplies in the U.S. 10th Edition. Purchase the report by Dec. 15 and receive 5% off with promo code PFLAWNSUP Americans love their lawns and gardens and use Scotts Miracle-Gro products more than others to care for them. Scotts is the market leader by a wide margin, controlling an estimated 60% of total sales in the U.S. The company is the leader in all four categories of L&G supplies: fertilizers, growth media, grass seed and pesticides. T...
October 19, 2015Just in time for summer, Packaged Facts provides industry-leading market research on home-related consumer goods products in the report Lawn and Garden Equipment in the U.S. 11th Edition. Americans love to care for their lawns and gardens. But the economy and weather haven’t been very cooperative for marketers. Lawn and Garden Equipment in the U.S. 11th Edition details how L&G equipment sales peaked at the height of the housing boom in 2005, and have been declining and trying to recover since....
July 1, 2015US housing starts are forecast to reach 1.6 million units in 2021, with homebuilders benefiting from strengthening consumer finances and rising levels of employment. At the same time, sales of existing homes are expected to reach 6.0 million units, with the fastest gains occurring in the South. Although economic recovery has helped consumers achieve higher incomes to purchase homes, rising home prices and a shortage of available properties is presently a detriment to first-time homebuyers, especially millennials.
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