Radical reorganisation

Praktiker intends to improve the company’s profit situation through a number of far-reaching restructuring measures in its international business

“We are open-minded”

The Praktis chain intends to continue to grow in Bulgaria. It has just opened its eighth outlet there

Home-grown

It is about ten years since the first DIY stores were launched in Romania. Ambient was there right from the start

In brief

The East has a future

The influence of developments in the economy on DIY retailing in Central and South-eastern Europe

Expansion of production

The Barlinek Group of Poland is one of the biggest players in the market with its three-layer floorboard. Now the area of solid wood flooring is being …

Continuing attraction

The Polish market proved robust in the financial crisis. While it is still continuing to grow, concentration is also increasing

DIY and dictatorship

The retail scene in Belarus has a backlog of demand and consequently great potential. Though the regime causes a lot of bother for industry and commerce

Movement in the market

In Ukraine the market leaders have again taken up their plans for further expansion, and a new competitor has come on the scene as well

“They are making rapid progress”

In the opinion of André Adamski, an expert on Eastern Europe, the future belongs to the local DIY retailers and the specialists

Back on track for growth

The foreign DIY retailers are still setting the tone in the Russia of today Before the financial crisis Russia was regarded as something of a DIY wonderlan…

The experts

More innovation and integration: Kingfisher is working on improvements to the bundling of group activities.

The message from western Siberia

Global upswing on the laminate flooring market

EPLF member firms achieved sales of 479 mio m²