Size is the name of the game

Gamma XXXL is the name of the new format introduced by this Netherlands DIY group. Even shopping in the DIY segment is to be turned into an …

Greener

Leroy Merlin’s new store marks a further stage along the road towards sustainability. It gives a foretaste of the future of the stores with the green logo

Scene set for action

The FIFA World Cup may benefit the DIY market in South Africa

Sharing ideas to survive

It was the smaller sized firms that carried when many of America's original home improvement chains succumbed to the two giant competitors

Business improving, if slowly

"A busy and productive year"

Kingfisher reports fourth quarter total sales down 1 per cent - like-for-like down 3 per cent - to £2.3 billion impacted by adverse weather

Totally DIY in Birmingham viewed as a succes

The view of most who attended the Totally DIY exhibition at Birmingham's NEC was that the event was a big success. This year's show …

Epicentr K: The world's biggest DIY superstore

A local company called Epicentr K has opened the world's biggest DIY superstore in Ukraine, the second largest country in Europe

Weakening growth

The crisis has not passed the Italian DIY stores by without a trace. Only new openings have brought any growth

Another neighbourhood supplier

Ace Hardware, the dealer-owned cooperative from the United States, plans to establish a third store type in the Philippines. The market for this …

No European supremos

The European DIY Retail Association (EDRA) is moving in a new direction. Everything is to become more European, more democratic

Albanian ouverture

Praktiker has opened Albania's first-ever DIY store in the country's capital Tirana. The company intends to rapidly expand its presence if this pioneering outlet…

New in third place

Following its acquisition of Le Club-les Briconautes, the Mr. Bricolage group now ranks third in the French DIY market. Its ambition is to become the benchmark …

New formats and ranges

The pace of expansion in the Italian DIY market has been curbed. Nevertheless the DIY retailers are still working hard on their concepts