DIY stores always on form

With total sales of € 20.14 bn the DIY market in France held its own in 2006 as the number one in home enhancement. The DIY stores in particular were…

The Top 25 in Europe and North America

Active in southern Italy

Bricomania offers small retailers in the south of Italy assistance in sourcing and selling DIY products

Whats's the use of customer cards?

Numerous retail chains issue customer cards. Britain’s Homebase provides proof that they are good for more than simply passive customer loyalty

Raising the standard

Praxis wants to make a name for itself in competition with other DIY stores in the Netherlands through buying expertise, staff efficiency and fewer products …

Hornbach invests in Romania

The German DIY multiple launched its first large-format store in Bucharest this June. Ten DIY stores are to be established in the major cities by 2015

TV as the new engine of growth

Growth of sun protection market

In 2006 the market for roller shutters and venetian blinds increased by 7.7 per cent in value terms in the five biggest countries of Europe

The decline of a leader

Sears continues to lose market share under its new ownership

Growth region of Eastern Europe

While the saturated markets of western Europe offer scarcely any opportunities for expansion worth mentioning, there are still tremendous prospects …

Success in market niches

NBB Dienstleistungssysteme Aktiengesellschaft has a positive balance sheet to submit on the occasion of the company's 25th anniversary

Home improvemenet is trendy

The DIY market in France is based on sound values: home and family have top priority for the French. Which means that DIY and gardening are now trendier…

Cusstom-made care

Thuisin is a retail format that has quite unobtrusively had four paint and wallpaper stores in operation in the Netherlands for three years already. But now …

Old idea in a new guise

Hardware retailers in the United States are again tending to look more closely at housewares