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Hardware and tools - Taiwan
Strong export nation
The Taiwanese hand tools industry placed emphasis on quality at the International Hardware Fair in Cologne, with the winners of the Taiwan Excellence Award... View article...
Obi
Good and bad companies
Customer, customer, customer: that’s how Obi’s current business strategy could be summarised. Sergio Giroldi demands that not only his company, but... View article...Most popular news
Kesko acquires the largest Byggmakker retailer
Kesko Corporation's subsidiary Byggmakker Handel AS has agreed to purchase Gipling AS, a Norwegian operator in the building and home improvement View news...
Good Home plans expansion in Brunei and Malaysia
After recently opening what is touted to be the biggest do-it-yourself store in the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, Bruneian-owned company Good View news...
The Czech building materials supplier Pro-Doma is member of Eurobaustoff
The Czech building materials supplier Pro-Doma from Prague is partner of the German trade cooperative Eurobaustoff. Pro-Doma founder Josef Marinec View news...
Bauhaus Spain now with online shop
Bauhaus Spain now has an online shop too. The offer at www.bauhaus.es is divided into 15 product groups. According to the industry service Ferretería View news...
New Edra/Ghin members from Albania and South Africa
The joining of two additional companies is pending at the European DIY association Edra and its Global Home Improvement Network (Ghin). General View news...
Comparable sales grew in May
The sales of Kesko Group's continuing operations in May 2018 totalled EUR 952.7 mio, representing an increase of 5.6 per cent in comparable terms. View news...
Kingfisher opens first net zero energy store
According to Kingfisher, the Screwfix store that recently opened in Peterborough is the first in the company's portfolio with net zero energy View news...
DIY Lifetime Award for CEO who preaches disobedience
It was the ceremonial highlight of the 6th Global DIY Summit: the presentation yesterday evening of the 6th Global DIY Lifetime Award to Damien View news...
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DIY International 2/2018
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Obi
Good and bad companies
Customer, customer, customer: that’s how Obi’s current business strategy could be summarised. Sergio Giroldi demands that not only his company, but also the industry as a whole, take a radical rethink because of the competition from Internet portals View article...
Garden suppliers
Bosch
Autumn cut with an eBike
And lawnmower with vacuum cleaner technology: Bosch uses its know-how from other company divisions for its garden equipment View article...
Regional report
USA - Donald Trump
The Trumponomics and the home centres
What effect has US President Donald Trump’s politics had on business for home improvement stores in the USA? Either way – the industry’s prospects aren’t bad View article...
Events
Taiwan Hardware Show
The rise of the Middle East
The growing importance of this part of the world was manifested in the visitor statistics at the 17th Taiwan Hardware Show. Exhibitors delighted in a visitor pool of even greater diversity View article...
Archive
The sector discusses cooperation, consumer and digitalisation
Cooperation between retailers and manufacturers, the strong position of the customer as king and queen and the possibilities opened up by modern View news...
1 100 delegates at Global DIY Summit in Barcelona
The Global DIY Summit has set a new attendance record: more than 1 100 representatives of the international DIY and garden sector are gathering View news...
Retail sales of Massbuild lag behind trade business
The South African building materials and DIY store operator Massbuild increased its total sales in the first 19 weeks of 2018, thus from January to View news...
Byggmakker acquires cooperative member Skattum
Byggmakker Handel AS, the Norwegian subsidiary of the Finnish Kesko Group, has acquired Skattum Handel, a member of its own cooperative organisation. View news...
Small-format showroom concepts now also in Russia
Some retailers are now developing small-format showroom concepts for the Russian market. Market leader Leroy Merlin has been testing its "Leroy View news...
Edin talks to Hagebau and DIY stores
Edin, the industry network for the European building materials trade, announces closer cooperation with the DIY sector. Thus, the annual meeting of View news...
France: growth in hand and power tools
Analysis by GfK for seven product groups in the first four months of the year paints a mixed picture of the French DIY market. According to the View news...
The Russian market finds its way back to growth
The Russian DIY market rose last year by 1.8 per cent to a volume of RUB 1 400 bn (around EUR 20 bn). The industry was used to high growth rates in View news...
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