Growth in Europe

In their most recent survey, which scrutinizes the DIY market in 19 European countries, Mintel's market researchers forecast that DIY retail sales in Europe will grow by around 37 per cent by 2010. Mintel considers the greatest challenge for the future to be the ageing population, to which DIY retailing is going to have to adapt its product offer more closely.
You can find the ten most important facts from the latest Mintel survey on European DIY retailing in the Trade Topics section of DIYglobal plus (v. Other Articles on this Topic).