Facts instead of fake news

At first glance, facts and figures seem to have a bit of a bad reputation at the moment. However, when looking more closely, just the opposite is true: but precisely because the uncertainty towards the factual base is so big, the more reputable newspapers in the USA, which hit the headlines with the fake news phenomenon after the presidential election, are once again recording a considerable increase in the numbers of subscribers and buyers.
In this respect, the Dähne publishing house, which publishes this trade journal DIY International, made the right decision to continue investing in the statistic sector and is therefore right in line with current trends. The statistics brochure, which has been published for years, has been further enlarged, carefully restructured and appears with a new title, which more accurately reflects market circumstances: "Statistics Home Improvement Retail Europe".As reliable as ever, the brochure provides information about the number of DIY stores and sales areas in the European countries. In addition, it presents in depth analyses of the big national markets. As in the previous year, the editorial staff relies, not only on its own expertise and that of its colleagues abroad, but in particular on the renewed collaboration with the German market researcher Klaus Peter Teipel and the IFH institute.What's new in the 2017 edition? Three countries have been added, namely Ireland, Luxemburg and Greece, so that the number of countries covered has risen to 31.Also new is that the editorial staff not only focuses on the foreign involvement of the European DIY and home improvement store groups but also highlights in a new matrix, how strong the European players - from their point of view - are involved in the foreign markets.
Finally, the third new feature is the expansion of the top ten to the top twenty: not just Europe but the worldwide perspective of the 20 biggest DIY operators are now listed in a ranking with their performance indicators, turnover, number of stores and sales space.

All data is available, as always, on Excel and PDF files. As fewer computers are nowadays equipped with a CD-ROM drive, the files are available for download for Statistics users.The publishers have also given some thought to the…