The French manufacturers’ association, UNIBAL, is planning a fact-finding tour to Spain in October or November. There participants will get together with industry representatives from the whole country. This target was chosen not least because the Spanish market is considered to offer great growth potential, especially in the case of DIY stores averaging 2 000 m² in size. In September UNIBAL members have been visiting K-rauta stores in the Finnish capital of Helsinki and Tallin in Estonia.