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Data

The trade by the numbers: building activity, renovation spending and local manufacturing from the primary series, gaps stated plainly.

Data

Nobody can tell you whether blinds got dearer. The index that could was discontinued in 2011.

The CPI used to publish an expenditure class called Floor and window coverings. In September 2011 it was discontinued and split, and window coverings went in with towels and linen. What survives, what it shows, and the three other doors we tried.

Published 16 August 2026

Data

Renovation spending is up 4.9 per cent. The local blind-making trade is still shrinking.

Renovation activity and furnishings spending both point up; the industry estimate for local manufacturing points down, with imports taking a growing share. The demand and supply picture from the primary series, state by state.

Published 5 July 2026