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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 - Laminate
Laminate market shrinks again
Global sales by European producers decline in 2018 by 4.6 per cent. Western Europe is hit the hardest ... View article...
Bathroom furniture
Smart and sexy
In the distribution of bathroom furniture, mirror cabinets and illuminated mirrors, DIY retailers play a significant role throughout Europe. And the product... View article...
Byggmax DIY stores make 5.6 per cent more sales
The Swiss Byggmax group made sales of SEK 1.7990 bn (EUR 170.45 mio) in the second quarter of 2019 and thus achieved growth of 3.9 per cent. The View news...
L’Entrepôt du Bricolage starts the year with ten per cent plus
The 36 L'Entrepôt du Bricolage stores in the French Groupe Samse have increased their sales in the first quarter of 2019 by 10.0 per cent. The sales View news...
Tengelmann closes previous holding company and sets up another
The Tengelmann Group, which includes the German DIY market leader Obi, is realigning its holding as previously announced and closing down the View news...
Kingfisher shareholders protest against remuneration of directors
At Kingfisher's annual general meeting, 24.19 per cent of the shareholders voted against the proposed directors' remuneration, as revealed by the View news...
Two per cent growth forecast for Spain in 2019
The Spanish hardware and DIY market will grow by 2.1 per cent in 2019. This forecast was presented by the Comité de Economía of the Spanish View news...
Significant rise in Hagebau’s central sales
German cooperative Hagebau has reported an increase in centrally invoiced sales of around 6 per cent to EUR 2.58 bn for the first five months of this View news...
Lucien Hardt has passed away
Lucien Hardt has passed away. Hardt co-founded and was the force behind the Europe-wide network Edin, which operates as a platform for the building View news...
Kingfisher’s Sustainability Report 2018/19
Kingfisher has published its latest Sustainability Report to update on how it is delivering against its commitment to help customers have sustainable View news...
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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 are being interpreted View article...
Suppliers
Blaupunkt
Functionality and design
The German electronics brand Blaupunkt is set to launch a new range of insect killers. Its exclusive distributor is Velleman, a major European wholesaler View article...
Regional report
Austria - FN Neuhofer
Further investments
Even after 368 years, the family-founded company FN Neuhofer continues its course towards quality and puts a large amount of money into state-of-the-art technologies View article...
Events
Taiwan Hardware Show
More overseas buyers as well
In its 18th edition, the Taiwan Hardware Show in Taichung increased both its number of visitors and number of exhibitors View article...