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Make humans great again
Is it an illusion, or are we currently experiencing a renaissance of the trade show? Koelnmesse has just announced the biggest visitor attendance for...View comment...
Paint - Nespoli
“We are a network of companies”
The Italian company Nespoli is very well connected in the European markets. A conversation with owner Alessandro Nespoli about sensible generalisations... View article...
Good Home
DIY stores for the sultanate
Following the Thai model Home Pro and with the support of industry, the newly established Good Home chain aims to conquer the market in Brunei ... View article...
Clas Ohlson reports an increase of nine per cent
In the first half year of its financial year 2018/2019, i.e. from May to October, Clas Ohlson made sales to the amount of SEK 4.115 bn (EUR 403 mio). View news...
Europeans prefer A-brand paints to private labels
Germany is virtually the only country in Europe where private label paints are more popular than A-brands. In other European countries the reverse is View news...
Third quarter adversely affects Hornbach’s profits
Reflecting a patchy third quarter of 2018 across the sector, Hornbach is the latest company to announce an unexpected drop in earnings. According to View news...
Christmas music stresses shoppers out – so Clas Ohlson is playing its own album
No more Silent Night: Christmas music in stores causes stress for customers and employees alike. Swedish retail chain Clas Ohlson has heeded the View news...
German DIY stores growing more slowly than the market in 2018
Sales of DIY products in Germany are likely to grow by 1.4 per cent this year. This was the forecast made by market analyst Klaus Peter Teipel at a View news...
Harald Nyborg closes nearly all its bricks and mortar stores in Sweden
The Danish chain Harald Nyborg is largely withdrawing its bricks and mortar stores from Sweden, but will retain an online presence. Of the twelve View news...
Unibal manufacturers’ association renamed Inoha
The French manufacturers' association Unibal has changed its name and is now called Inoha. This acronym stands for Les Industriels du Nouvel Habitat View news...
Brico Dépôt Spain and Portugal loses its boss
Albert Aranda, head ("director de operaciones") of Brico Dépôt Spain and Portugal, has left the company, according to the industry news View news...
Actual figures
Statistics Home Improvement Europe
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DIY International 4/2018
Distribution
Good Home
DIY stores for the sultanate
Following the Thai model Home Pro and with the support of industry, the newly established Good Home chain aims to conquer the market in Brunei 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 - The big three
The big three
Home Depot, Lowe’s und Menards dominate America’s home centre category View article...
Events
China International Hardware Show
Two weeks earlier
This year’s China International Hardware Show will take place mid October. Some 3 000 exhibitors are expected to present their products in Shanghai View article...
Archive
Silvan seeks 20 new locations in Denmark
The Danish DIY store chain Silvan Byggemarked wants to significantly expand its branch network and is seeking 20 new locations. Six of these are to View news...
Nigel Oddy leaves The Range
The CEO of the British retailer The Range, Nigel Oddy, is leaving the company. That is according to reports by the trade journal Retail Week. Oddy View news...
Gebhardt replaces Soler at Cencosud
There has been a change at the top of the Chilean retail group Cencosud. The new CEO is Andreas Gebhardt. His predecessor Jaime Soler, who had held View news...
ManoMano becomes a member of Edra
The French online platform ManoMano is now a member of the European DIY umbrella association Edra. ManoMano is specialised as Internet marketplace in View news...
Aveve is now called Arvesta but the stores are keeping their name
The Belgian Aveve group has changed its name and is now called Arvesta. The around 250 retail locations in the country and garden specialist trade, View news...
Asia-Pacific Sourcing 2019 will be bigger than ever
The next Asia-Pacific Sourcing in Cologne from 25 to 27 February 2019 will be the biggest edition of this sourcing platform since its launch in 2005. View news...
First Homelux stores open in Romania
The first two stores of the new Romanian retail chain Homelux have just opened. The first one is located in Ploiesti, in premises that formerly View news...
Cencosud growing in Chile and Colombia
The home improvement division of the Chilean retail group Cencosud announced sales in the third quarter of CLP 269.109 bn (EUR 354 mio). The figure View news...
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