“Have a plan”

The retail expert Neil Munz-Jones on the strategies, mistakes and oppor-tunities that home improvement retailers encounter on their way to becoming omni-channel …

The sick man of Germany

Praktiker is insolvent and the future of the DIY retailer, formerly the second biggest in Germany, is uncertain, as is that of its subsidiary Max Bahr

Think omni-channel

Not just since the Global Summit in Rome has it been clear that the industry is moving towards an omni-channel world. The question now is whether all the …

No divine right

Another challenging year

The UK DIY market declined to an estimated £ 7.54 bn f. Statistics show that the sector as a whole experienced a four per cent decline year-on-year. …

Web sales thriving in Europe

Europe's 45 countries, combined, are the world's biggest e-commerce market. But conventional retailers do not dominate it

Australia’s largest DIY retailer

Bunnings continues to grow in Australia and New Zealand despite new chain competition

2nd Global DIY-Summit Rome - the photos

The EDRA/FEDIYMA congress and its pictures

In the Eternal City

This year all the DIY industry’s roads will lead to Rome: the 2nd Global DIY Summit organised by EDRA and FEDIYMA is taking place there in June

Big and different

Brazil differs from its neighbours not only in terms of language. The DIY market is growing, but no longer so rapidly

Key players from the country nextdoor

Argentina’s home improvement and garden market is dominated by two Chilean chains, Easy and Sodimac

In Chilean hands

DIY retailing in Chile is dominated by the Sodimac stores of the Falabella Group. The biggest rivals are home-grown, too

Nothing lasts to eternity

Not even a big box. Rome provided the venue where high-powered representatives of the DIY industry prepared themselves for a not entirely voluntary …

Country charm

Tractor Supply, with its concentrated range of products, is in competition with the big chains and small hardware stores.