DIY fair in Russia

Next year DIY Kortrijk, the Belgian trade fair, will be exporting its exhibition concept to Moscow, where it plans to stage DIY Moscow from 5 to 7 November 2008 in the Expo Centre Moscow. The organisers, DIY Partners and Kortrijk Xpo, can see enormous potential for west European exporters on the Russian DIY market. 70 per cent of Russians are home-owners and 50 per cent own a dacha; purchasing power is on the increase (consumers’ disposable income went up by ten per cent in 2006), and 700 000 new houses are being built every year. (www.diymoscow.com)