Gardening Boom extends from Food to Indoor and Decorative Plants The gardening boom that started in March 2020 appears to be continuing in 2021. The profits of retailers selling gardening goods rose. The earnings of Bunnings grew 13% for the 2019/20 financial year. Now it semes this trend has extended to indoor and decorative plants […]
Queensland House Prices ‘through the roof’ As Interstate Migration At 20-Year High The latest monthly data on Queensland home values has confirmed what buyers already know — prices are booming. Click here to read more.
The Garden Business is Booming Nurseries are still enjoying boom conditions after a rush of new consumers entering the market during Covid. Everything green is up including sales of Universal Media Co’s Good Organic Gardening Magazine which specialises in food gardening. This story form The Australian looks at this phenomena and how it is giving […]
Reaching Real Consumers with Impending Home Projects Consumers with impending home projects are a hard target audience to reach – search yields so many who “are just looking”, and social media can be more of a “design fan club” unless you are using enterprise-level campaign tools. Purchasing a home magazine however shows clear intent – […]
How to Market to Consumers with Outdoor Projects At Universal Media Co we use both distribution and content strategy to make sure our mediums reach real people with projects… but what does that look like on the ground? At the end of 2020 we asked some of our audience members what they thought about our […]
Renovating in QLD? Join the Queue As The State Enters A Renovation And New Home Boom The renovation sector is doing even better than ever in QLD. Click here to read more
Appliance Sales Still Positive in Jan 2021 Clothes Dryers, Coffee Machines, Ovens plus benchtop favourites like Air Fryers and Soda Stream have led sales over Christmas 20/21 say some of the appliance and electronic sectors top retailers. Click here to read more.
Federal Government extends Homebuilder cash handout, increases cap for NSW and Victoria The grant for home builders ruled out most buyers in Sydney and Melbourne but the government has made a crucial change. Click here to read more
Flower power: Covid restrictions fuel boom in plant and bulb sales The gardening boom continues, only now it’s sales of medicinal plants such as echinacea have risen by almost 3,000% at some outlets. Click here to read more
Renovation Spending This article reports on research conducted by Suncorp Bank, which examined the amount Australians have invested in renovation projects during covid. It found home owners are spending $63,188 on average to spruce up their properties, with the highest amount being paid in Victoria. The money is going in to kitchens, bathrooms, home office, […]
