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Competitive organisation

The British DIY market is dominated by three large DIY multiples. However, cooperative organisations like Home Hardware also position themselves successfully

Distribution11. July 2003

Comparison between three American retail channels

The data available annually from the National Retail Hardware Association on the development of the hardware/DIY trade in the USA …

Distribution9. July 2003

Data interchange simplified

Sinfos will in future make the cross-border interchange of electronic article master data simpler for the European DIY industry

Distribution8. July 2003

New family brand for “3-E”

Austria’s biggest specialist store cooperative is offering a new concept in the shape of Toolpark, which is designed to fully exploit its m…

Distribution4. July 2003

Focus Wickes trials new showroom concept

The British Focus Wickes Group is for the first time bringing together its two key brands, Focus and Wickes, in a new showroom concept

Distribution4. July 2003

Bricomarché’s with slimmer concept

The French DIY group Bricomarché has now geared its new concept (v. DIY in Europe 8/2002) to suit smaller stores as well. It is expected …

Distribution4. July 2003

More than just floor coverings

Komfort sees itself as Poland’s biggest supplier of floor coverings, carpets and wallpaper. The company is determined to stand up to the …

Distribution3. July 2003

Hornbach No. 100 located in Prague

Hornbach opened its 100th DIY and garden store in Prague before the end of 2002, 125 years after the company was first established

Distribution3. July 2003

New concept for Castorama France

Castorama intends to heighten the appeal of its DIY stores in France with a new store concept designed to stimulate the flat sales trend

Distribution3. July 2003

Domaxel boosts its house brands

Domaxel, the French trading group, intends to position its house brands like a manufacturer’s brand with the aim of doubling their share of s…

Distribution2. July 2003

OBI makes a start in Sarajevo

Since March Bosnia-Herzegovina is one more target area on OBI’s expansion map that has now been filled in

Distribution30. June 2003

Menards thinking big

Menards, number three in the US, has progressively enlarged the size of its outlets. It is now embarking on a programme of DIY stores in excess of 20 000 m²

Distribution27. June 2003