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The empires strike back
"They were once the ones that emerged as a new, disruptive retail format, calling traditional retail structures into question. The DIY retailers have...View comment...
Paint - Major European markets
Common suffering
In the major markets of Europe – Germany, France and Great Britain – sales in coating agents are declining ... View article...
Coop Bau + Hobby
An upmarket ambience
It’s called upgrading: in its extended and modernised store in Sissach, Coop Bau + Hobby is trialling the new concepts with which the Swiss market leader... View article...
Leroy Merlin opens first store in South Africa
Leroy Merlin has opened its first DIY store in South Africa, in the north-east of Johannesburg. The indoor sales floor covers 8 600 m², while a View news...
More positive response from the industry to Glee
More 'big players' than ever before attended this year's Glee show at the start of September in Birmingham (Great Britain). Almost every single View news...
Belgium is the partner country of IPM Essen 2019
From January 22 to 25, 2019, the role as partner country of the international plant fair IPM Essen (Germany) will be bestowed on Belgium as an View news...
New stores boost Clas Ohlson sales by nine per cent
The Swedish hardware store chain Clas Ohlson has reported a sales increase for September of six per cent compared with September last year, although View news...
Kesko up in third quarter
Despite a slight dip in September, Kesko's building and technical trade ended the third quarter with sales up by 1.4 per cent. In the three months View news...
Sears files for insolvency and closes more stores
American department store chain Sears has filed for insolvency (Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code) and is closing more stores. The group is also View news...
Ignacio Sánchez heads both Leroy Merlin Spain as well as Akí
As further step towards the announced merger of Leroy Merlin España and the Spanish chain Akí at the start of 2019, there will be organisational and View news...
Expo F in Panama will start two months earlier in 2019
The Expo F 2018, International Trade Fair for Hardware & Tools, attracted 2 524 visitors. The second edition of the trade fair took place from 20 View news...
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Coop Bau + Hobby
An upmarket ambience
It’s called upgrading: in its extended and modernised store in Sissach, Coop Bau + Hobby is trialling the new concepts with which the Swiss market leader aims to stay ahead online and on the high street View article...
Garden suppliers
Char-Broil
Nordic focus country
Thorsten Schwenecke, Brand Marketing Manager Europe at Char-Broil, explains why Denmark is so important for the grill provider View article...
Regional report
Italy - Arexons
“Technical products can be cool”
Arexons has been active on the market for car care and multi-purpose lubricants since 1925. CEO Domenico Ciaglia explains how the expanding traditional brand is led View article...
Events
National Hardware Show
A new start in Las Vegas
The organisers of the National Hardware Show have heralded the dawn of a new era, and a new logo symbolic of a host of innovations View article...
Archive
At least 4 per cent plus for Romania’s DIY trade
The Romanian DIY trade will reach the EUR 3 bn mark in 2018. This estimation was given by Frédéric Lamy in an exclusive interview with the Romanian View news...
Asia-Pacific Sourcing and IAW one day earlier due to Carnival
Asia-Pacific Sourcing 2019 will be brought forward one day in order to avoid a clash with the Cologne Carnival. The trade fair will now take place View news...
Bricorama closes its stores in Spain
The French DIY store chain Bricorama is withdrawing from Spain. That is according to reports from the French and Spanish industry services LSA and View news...
Leroy Merlin Romania to open an online shop in 2020
In the coming year, Leroy Merlin Romania will test a click & collect service in its own stores and will have an online shop including home View news...
Jardiland now part of Invivo Retail
Ten months after it was announced, the acquisition of the French garden centre chain Jardiland by the cooperative Invivo Group has now been View news...
New head of marketing at Leroy Merlin Romania
Leroy Merlin Romania has appointed Andreea Mihai as head of marketing and e-commerce. Until November 2017, she was director of marketing & View news...
Hagebau and Otto to end their online collaboration
The German cooperative Hagebau and German mail-order group Otto will terminate their joint venture Baumarkt direkt on 30 June 2019. Both companies View news...
Romanian Praktiker stores to be converted to Brico Dépôt format
Kingfisher is aiming to convert the Praktiker stores in Romania that it acquired in August 2017 to its Brico Dépôt format by spring 2019. The UK View news...
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