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As a result of the deteriorating economic situation in Sweden, housing construction is now plummeting throughout the country – both in the metropolitan regions and in the rest of the country. The counties that have so far managed with the lowest reductions are Örebro, Norrbotten, Gävleborg and Halland. In the rest of the country, the reductions are more dramatic. First half-year decline of 57 percent […]

Construction companies' costs for materials are no longer keeping pace with inflation. For certain product groups, we are at price levels we have not seen since before the pandemic. This is shown by the latest report from Statistics Sweden of the Construction Cost Index for apartment buildings. The costs of building materials for Sweden's construction contractors are now falling significantly and ended up at just over 0.9 percent on an annual basis (July 2022-July 2023). The costs […]

New statistics from APPLiA show that a turnaround may be underway in the industry. The same applies to retail in general. Turnover for retail measured in current prices increased by 6.2 percent compared to last year and the non-durable goods trade by 1.6 percent. The industry statistics for May are characterized by a certain degree of recovery. For the heavier white goods (MDA) […]

Gloomy figures in trade and locked-up capital among consumers. Now the latest statistics for the retail trade and the white goods industry have been compiled. Applia gives you the analysis and future prospects. Households are paying off Household consumption is now declining in all the industries that reached record levels during the pandemic. Particularly notable are consumer electronics, household appliances, building materials and furniture, which were often consumed with borrowed or saved money […]

For the entire retail sector in Sweden, sales volume in February decreased by 9.4 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2022 in both unadjusted and calendar-adjusted figures, Statistics Sweden announced last week. The retail trade in non-durable goods (which includes white goods) decreased by 10.9 percent and the grocery trade, excluding Systembolaget, decreased by 8.3 percent compared to February 2022. Inflation gives the trade a slightly smaller […]

In tough economic times, we consume new, cheaper brands or buy the branded products we really trust. At least according to the latest digital seminar on consumer technology and consumer goods by the analysis company Growth from Knowledge (GfK). On March 29, 2023, GfK organized a seminar with the title ”State of Consumer Technology and Durables Webinar – Next stop recovery?” where […]

The industry is declining compared to 2022 The year 2023 has started weakly, as the industry's purchasing statistics for January clearly show. Compared to the record years during the pandemic, the total industry value for the industry's large appliances and smaller household appliances is just over 18 percent lower, see the chart above. Even compared to 2019, this year's January does not reach the level that market sales […]

Recent figures from Statistics Sweden show that the construction cost index has risen sharply and the annual rate now amounts to 16.3 percent. Figures we have not seen since the 1970s in Sweden. Rising interest rates are an important explanation for the rise. Statistics Sweden (SCB) has recently released the figures for the development of construction costs up to and including January 2023. SCB's construction cost index for apartment buildings has risen […]

In our special edition of APPLiAnytt, we were able to read about how the market development in 2022 has unfolded compared to the record years during the pandemic. During the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, our market turnover increased by an incredibly strong 20 percent compared to the nearest ”normal” year without a pandemic, that is, 2019. This despite extensive problems with component shortages and logistics, which at times led to delivery problems for both […]

The year 2022 ended with a December that played in minor tones when it comes to market developments for white goods and household appliances. With just over minus 24 percent in the month of December, the accumulated annual result was reduced compared to the previous year to minus 13.3 percent. This is a significantly worse development compared to the development during the two record-breaking pandemic years of 2021 and 2020. […]

Not everything is dark in the housing construction market. At least not in the short term. The number of completed homes has maintained a high pace in both 2022 and it will continue at this high level in 2023 according to the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's forecast. In both years, over 60,000 homes may be completed, of which over 30,000 rental apartments […]

In Sweden, construction of 43,750 homes began during the first three quarters of the year, which is nine percent lower compared to the same period in 2021. Compared to 2020, it is still a higher outcome – then 39,930 homes were started in multi-family buildings and single-family houses. Statistics Sweden writes in its press release that ”of the apartments started, approximately 34,200 are in […]