Continuing market growth

Prospects for the DIY and garden market remain positive in most of the countries of South America

Service plus convenience

While Canada’s economy has not suffered to the degree as Europe and the U. S., the DIY market remains healthy in large part. The country’s retailers …

A tough year

Not all retailers have been adversely affected by the credit crunch. The DIY market is now showing signs of recovery

“Differentiation is a must”

It is twenty years since the launch of the oldest megastore in the Netherlands. Now that store, Interchalet, has experienced a revamp

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 …