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Lessons learned from over 30 years
DIY International is celebrating its 30th birthday. Originally established as "DIY in Europe", the magazine has been reporting international DIY...View comment...
Building and renovation - Euromonitor International
Good news
Weaker construction activity, climbing house prices and an older housing stock create more renovation demand in Europe, says Erika Sirimanne from Euromonitor... View article...
Climate change
Figures dictated by the weather
Climate change has arrived in the home improvement sector – at least, that’s how the sector figures for last year from Germany, Austria and Switzerland... View article...
Silvan boss dismissed after loss of millions
Reports in the Danish business newspaper Børsen state that the DIY store group Silvan is replacing its CEO Jesper Lien. It is said that his position View news...
Lowe’s reports comparable sales growth of 4.2 per cent in the US
Lowe's reports sales of USD 17.741 bn (EUR 15.897 bn) in the first quarter of fiscal 2019/2019 (ended: 3 May). This is an increase of 2.2 per cent View news...
Lagerhaus stores grow by 0.5 per cent
The Lagerhaus stores in Austria grew only slightly in the last year. Sales in 2018 rose by 0.5 per cent to EUR 645 mio. Store operators are the View news...
Home Depot increases sales by 5.7 per cent
Home Depot reported sales of USD 26.381 bn (EUR 23.621 bn) for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 (ended: 5 May), a 5.7 per cent increase from the View news...
Stark Group acquires Saint Gobain Building Distribution Deutschland
The Danish Stark Group has taken over Saint Gobain Building Distribution Deutschland (SGBDD) from its French parent company Compagnie de Saint View news...
Bricoma also targets new strategy with 17th store
The opening of its 17th store also marks a strategic restructuring for the Moroccan DIY store operator Bricoma: the holding has entered the View news...
New Kingfisher format and own brand GoodHome
Kingfisher has presented its new own brand GoodHome at the same time as its new express format of the same name. The store, designed as convenience View news...
Kingfisher gains in the UK and loses in France
Clear plus in Great Britain, clear minus in France: for the British Kingfisher group, the first quarter (ending 30 April 2019) was characterised by View news...
Actual figures
Statistics Home Improvement Europe
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DIY International 2/2019
Distribution
DIY market
Generally positive
The DIY market in the EU has developed more steadily again in recent years. Only in the garden can weaknesses be seen View article...
Suppliers
Rothenberger Industrial
Targeting growth through exports
Rothenberger Industrial has established itself in the building market in the segments of soldering and welding, plumbing tools and gas heating products. The company now aims to achieve further growth by expanding its export quota View article...
Regional report
Belgium - Brussels
DIY stores for Brussels!
Belgium is divided into the two regions of Flanders and Wallonia, which both have a very different density of DIY stores. But clearly under-represented is the capital of Brussels View article...
Events
Vietnam Hardware and Hand Tools Expo
International trade fair in Vietnam
The third Vietnam Hardware and Hand Tools Expo takes place at the start of December in Ho Chi Minh City. The event organisers Vinexad have announced another increase in the number of exhibitors and visitors View article...
Archive
Spoga+Gafa 2019 foregrounds city gardening
City gardening is the major theme at Spoga+Gafa 2019. The theme will be "omipresent" at the trade fair at the start of September in Cologne View news...
Suki double winner at the DIY Week Awards
Screw-it-Again, Suki's repair anchor for wood, received two awards in England: "DIY Product of the Year" and the "Jury Prize" View news...
Praktiker in Sofia nearly twice as big and energy-efficient
Praktiker Bulgaria has modernised its store on the Tsarigradsko Boulevard in the capital Sofia and expanded it. Among other things, the retail area View news...
New Outdoor Supply Hardware stores in seven former Orchard locations
Central Network Retail Group (CNRG), a multi-format, multi-brand retailer currently operating 104 hardware stores in the USA, wants to open new View news...
The trend towards do-it-for-me is becoming established, but more slowly than expected
Italians and Poles get the most enjoyment from DIY projects, while the Dutch and the British like them least. This is the picture suggested by the View news...
Plantorama increases sales and profit
The Danish Garden Centre chain Plantorama, with its eleven stores, has increased net revenue by 2.3 per cent to DKK 434 mio (EUR 58.2 mio). Earnings View news...
Wickes with double-digit growth rates like-for-like
In the first quarter of 2019, the British DIY chain Wickes grew in like-for-like sales by 10.5 per cent. In the quarterly report of the parent View news...
Booking of summit tickets on invoice until Friday
Only until Friday of this week, 10 May 2019, will it be possible to book participation in the 7th Global DIY Summit on invoice. As from 11 May, View news...
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