New trading concept

At its annual general meeting, BigMat Spain introduced a new trading concept called Brico-Construcción, according to a report from Ferrepress, the Spanish industry news service. This is evidently intended to offer builders’ merchants an opportunity to participate in the growing Spanish DIY market. A start is to be made with introducing the concept throughout the country from 2008. BigMat has 131 members in Spain and 240 builders’ merchant outlets. The cooperative organisation is also active in France, Belgium and Italy. BigMat’s 600 outlets have a turnover of € 1.8 bn in these four European countries.