Mumbai, Nov 22, 2021 (GNI): With the economy at large bouncing back to normalcy and revival in consumer sentiment, construction activities have renewed with increased vigour across Tier-I cities, leading to a high-demand for construction materials, as per the latest JD Mart Consumer Insights.
Searches for dealers for sand, MS (Mild Steel) pipe, and ready-mix concrete have been on the rise across Tier-I cities with Chennai seeing maximum demand for all materials on JD Mart, India’s latest B2B marketplace by Just Dial.
Tier-I cities witnessed a 13% QOQ growth in searches for sand dealers, 9% for MS pipe, and 8% for ready-mix concrete dealers as demand for 9residential real estate bounced back during this festive season after being hit by the after-effects of the second wave of COVID-19. Demand in Tie-II cities remained stable with marginal growth.
Speaking on this trend, a JD Mart spokesperson said, “We are in the phase that typically sees maximum house construction activities. While demand in Tier-I cities have risen, searches in Tier-II cities have also witnessed marginal growth, largely remaining stable. This trend not only hints at economic recovery across the country at large but also clearly indicates positive consumer confidence along with renewed vigour in the construction space. “
Chennai, Mumbai, and Bengaluru were the leading three Tier-I cities that witnessed maximum demand for sand dealers followed by Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad. Among Tier-II, Coimbatore, Patna, Visakhapatnam, Mysore, and Goa were the top-5 cities generating maximum demand.
Searches for MS pipe dealers remained highest in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore followed by other Tier-I cities like Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune, and Kolkata. Coimbatore, Indore, Nagpur, Jaipur, and Patna were the top 5 Tier-II cities that saw maximum searches for MS pipe.
Demand for ready-mix concrete dealers was the highest in Hyderabad, followed by Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Kolkata in Tier-I cities. Among Tier-II cities, maximum searches for ready-mix concrete dealers came from Coimbatore, Indore, Mysore, Chandigarh, and Ludhiana.
Searches of cement dealers remained high in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Kolkata among Tier-I cities followed by Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, and Ahmedabad. In Tier-II cities, Jaipur saw maximum searches with Chandigarh, Bareilly, Lucknow, and Srinagar making the rest of the top-5, stated in the press release.
About Just Dial Limited provides local search related services to users in India through multiple platforms such as Desktop/PC website (https://www.justdial.com), mobile site (https://t.justdial.com), mobile apps (Android & iOS), over the telephone (Voice, pan India number 88888-88888) and text (SMS). Justdial’s latest version of JD App, is an All-in-One App, replete with features like Map-aided Search, Live TV, Videos, Stock quotes, etc. to make the life of the consumer infinitely smoother & more engaging.
The Company has recently launched its B2B marketplace platform, JD Mart. JD Mart platform, available at https://www.jdmart.com and via apps on Play Store and App Store, is aimed at enabling millions of India’s manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers to become internet-ready in post-COVID era, get new customers and sell their products online. The platform offers digital product catalogues to businesses and aims at digitalising India’s businesses, especially MSMEs, across categories. Buyers can discover quality vendors offering a wide selection of products to choose from, spread across millions of categories to suit all B2B needs.
Justdial has also initiated transaction-oriented services for its users. These services aim at making several day-to-day tasks conveniently actionable and accessible to users from one App. With this step, Justdial is transitioning from being purely a provider of local search and related information to being a direct/ indirect enabler of such transactions. Justdial has also recently launched an end-to-end business management solution for SMEs, through which it intends to transition thousands of SMEs to efficiently run business online and have their adequate online presence via their own website, mobile site. Apart from this, Justdial has also launched JD Pay, a unique solution for quick digital payments for its users and vendors.ends
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