Garden heads the field

In 2010 the garden product offer claimed the largest share of sales in the DIY stores of Germany. More than € four bn, or 22 per cent of the total sales of the DIY sector amounting to € 18.43 bn, stemmed from this segment. However, growth amounted to no more than 1.6 per cent, according to the BHB, a German trade association; the equivalent figure in 2009 was as high as 4.3 per cent.