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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...Most popular news
Sodimac opens first store in Mexico
Sodimac has opened its first store in Mexico. The Home Improvement division of the Chilean retail group Falabella has run the location in the capital View news...
Bunnings earns a lot at home and loses a lot in the UK and Ireland
The DIY store chain Bunnings recorded an operating revenue of AUD 12.544 bn in Australia and New Zealand in financial year 2017/2018 (ending 30 June View news...
Home Depot reports a sales growth of eight per cent
Home Depot reports sales of USD 30.463 bn for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 (ending 29 July 2018), an 8.4 per cent increase from the second View news...
Kesko sales in July lie significantly above last year
Sales in Kesko's building and technical trade totalled EUR 362.5 mio in July, an increase of 5.4 per cent, and 6.6 per cent in comparable terms in View news...
Plus 8.2 per cent in the second quarter saves the first half of the year for the industry
The DIY store trade in Germany made total gross sales of EUR 9.76 bn in the first half of 2018, thus gaining an increase in sales of 1.7 per cent View news...
Bauhof in Estonia sold to Lithuanian group Vilniaus Prekyba
The Estonian DIY store and building materials chain Bauhof has been sold. The Lithuanian trade company Vilniaus Prekyba acquired 100 per cent of the View news...
Würth targeting massive expansion in Italy
The German retailer Würth is targeting massive expansion in Italy. The company, which specialises in fastenings, aims to increase its number of View news...
Homebase reported to be closing up to 80 stores
Up to 80 stores belonging to British DIY chain Homebase are expected to close next week, according to reports on Sky News and in The Guardian's 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...
Suppliers
Ledvance
Sleek design
At Light + Building, Ledvance showcased numerous additions to its LED luminaires portfolio for indoors and outdoors View article...
Regional report
USA - Euromonitor
Many DIYers are still sceptical about trading online
The US home improvement market is profiting from strengths in existing home sales. Yet Euromonitor International has discovered that the brick-and-mortar sales channel still has consumers’ trust in a country with a high affinity to online shopping View article...
6th Global DIY Summit 2018
Einhell
Einhell at the Global DIY Summit
Alongside 1 100 representatives from 50 countries, Einhell Germany AG appeared at the annual international Global DIY Summit in Barcelona as a platinu View article...
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Ikea opens its first furniture store in India
Ikea opens its first furniture store in India today, 9 August 2018, in Hyderabad. The 37 000 m² store is located in Hitec City, Hyderabad's View news...
Polish window manufacturers increase exports substantially
Polish window manufacturers increased their volume of exports by nine per cent to seven million units in 2017, while the value of exports has View news...
Battery storage at B&Q distribution centre
Kingfisher has unveiled plans to install energy storage batteries at B&Q's Swindon distribution centre. The installation is said to be the latest View news...
First Mr. Bricolage store in the Ivory Coast
The French DIY store group Mr. Bricolage is now also present in the Ivory Coast. The franchise partner Yeshi Group opened the first store in Abidjan View news...
Home Pro expands primarily through same store sales growth
The Thai DIY store chain Home Pro reports a sales income of THB 15.44464 bn for the second quarter, an increase by 4.34 per cent compared to the same View news...
Mr. Bricolage sends three pilot stores in three formats into the running
Mr. Bricolage has put three pilot stores into operation for an overhauled concept. Thus, the French DIY store group, which is struggling with sales View news...
Wickes saves personnel and loses nearly six per cent
The British DIY store chain Wickes made 5.8 per cent less sales in the first half of the year than in the same period of the previous year. On a View news...
Toolstation grows, also on a like-for-like basis, by almost eleven per cent
The small store and professional sales channel Toolstation in the British group Travis Perkins continues to expand and increases its sales, also on a View news...
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