Bauhaus Switzerland now also in Ticino with a small-scale concept

Bauhaus has opened a new store in Losone, Ticino, which has two special features: it is the first Bauhaus store in Italian-speaking Switzerland and, at just 2,700 m², it is unusually small for Bauhaus.

It is one of two locations that Bauhaus Switzerland has taken over from the DIY retail chain Do it + Garden, which was previously run by the Migros cooperative and was discontinued this year. The second location taken over by Bauhaus is in Pfungen near Winterthur and will open in mid-September.

‘Although it doesn't even have 3,000 m², it is a complete Bauhaus,’ emphasised Dr Christoph Theler, Managing Director of Bauhaus Switzerland, at the opening ceremony yesterday afternoon. ‘All product ranges are represented – even in the garden,’ he said. In the hardware range, for example, no compromises have been made compared to other Bauhaus locations, but this is not the case for ranges such as…