A practical way?

REACH, the European Union’s regulation on chemicals, has provided much material for discussion in the DIY industry as elsewhere. We invited EDRA to comment on t…

Communication is everything

The Italian DIY industry reflected on customers and their requirements at the Brico Day event

Europe’s one-third of worldwide sales

The World DIY Report 2011 from FEDIYMA provides detailed in�formation on the very big and not so big markets in 74 countries

Guardedly optimistic

The German DIY market proved robust in 2011. For the third year running it recorded sales growth, in spite of a tough competitive environment

The new must

The economic situation in Greece is catastrophic. What does that really mean for the DIY market?

Upbeat consumers

The green interface

Flora Holland, the cooperative marketer of flowers and plants, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year

Sustainable move

Elho, a synthetics specialist, is benefiting from the growing popularity of this material

From premium to entry-level pricing

For years Soudal has consistently recorded rising sales figures. Now the company intends to increase its involvement in the international market…

Existing alongside the big players

Werkmarkt Moes, a store in the Luxembourg town of Remich, attracts customers from three countries. The company relies on up-market quality above …

Lighter and brighter

The Intratuin garden centre in Halsteren has been extended repeatedly over two decades. Now a general overhaul is resulting in a unified picture

DIY pure and simple

Following the sale of its fashion division, Maxeda is concentrating solely on its DIY retail business. George Adams, the company’s new CEO, explains the …

Pale rays of sunshine

The gloomy DIY sky hanging over the Netherlands is slowly brightening up, thanks in part to the underlying political conditions

Mostly dealer-owned

In the United States, full-line hardware wholesalers remain a very important segment of the hardware industry, unlike the situation in most other countries …