The latest update from MRA Reports on the general builders’ merchant market shows that merchants’ single biggest problem in Q2 2026 - by some margin - was supplier price rises.

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In a statement that will doubtless have parallels across the sector, Marsh Industries has issued an update regarding a price increase set to take effect in August.

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According to NBG, merchants are facing a growing threat to their profits from “inadequate back-office systems” that are unable to automatically track the increasingly rapid movement in Supplier prices.

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