Quicker customer deliveries

Pergo intends to further improve delivery times and reliability in central Europe with its new warehouse in Ostend, Belgium

Black-and-orange product design

Fiskars is a Finnish brand that is firmly established in the garden market. The company still attaches great importance to innovations, even more …

Focus on the category

Four DIY suppliers are working together in Norway to achieve further growth in a developed market

More than just ice-flowers

Snow for six months of the year. Is it a good idea to operate garden centres in a region like that? An interview with Per Uebel, CEO of Plantasjen, the …

It helps to renovate

DIY retailing in Sweden and the neighbouring Nordic countries has weathered the recent crisis pretty well

When DIY became a trend

The Taiwanese Test Rite Group has progressed from exporter to retailer. The company operates other retail formats in addition to the Ter-Li-Wu DIY stores

Retailers aplenty

The North European DIY markets have their individual characteristics. Although they have felt the effects of the financial crisis, the forecasts look good

Holland’s biggest

In November came the Hornbach opening in Breda. Greater emphasis is given to the creation of atmosphere, and there is a drive-in for trade customers

The North is flourishing again

Continuing growth for Clas Ohlson

The Clas Ohlson DIY trading group has an excellent name in Sweden and Norway. This high level of customer awareness stems from its mail order …

Head wind for Leroy Merlin

Intergamma and Praxis are jointly attempting to prevent Leroy Merlin from entering the market in the Netherlands. Two market research companies are …

Netherlands v. France

OBI discovers the small format

OBI Fix is the name of the new neighbourhood store concept, which presents OBI’s vision of “more than just four walls” attractively over an area of 1…

Maintaining market share against the odds

Contrary to the general tendency in the industry, Hagebau again saw positive development in 2000, especially through above-average growth …