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Home Depot in Manhattan

In its efforts to keep boosting sales, Home Depot opened the first of two stores in Manhattan in September; the second store is due later this year.

Distribution21. October 2004

The markets are developing very well

Upward trend for prefabricated houses in Southeast Europe: For the first time the new built prefabricated houses will exceed the number of 3000…

Distribution17. September 2004

Continuing growth of retail area

Germany’s Top 30 operators of garden centres raised their number of outlets by 4.2 per cent between July 2003 and July 2004, and retail area …

Distribution1. September 2004

Exports of fixings, fastenings and hand tools

Taiwan records high rates of increase in both product groups

Distribution6. August 2004

The market for electric garden tools in Europe

The summer of the century resulted in a tough year for the manufacturers of garden equipment in 2003

Distribution6. August 2004

Analyzing America’s Top 500

The list of the retailers selling DIY products indicates the dominance of a few top firms and the continuing role of independent retailers still …

Distribution5. August 2004

Europe's DIY markets

With a sales volume of close on € 120 bn, Europe constitutes the second largest DIY market in the world. Dähne publishers are releasing a study of markets…

Distribution26. May 2004

Pushing the limit or still going for gold?

The German large-scale operators Obi and Hornbach have successfully, even very successfully, located to Switzerland, where they are …

Distribution5. May 2004

DIYers active in the east

A clear east-west divide is evident in Austria when it comes to store density and DIY sales. Results for Lower Austria, Styria and Carinthia were good

Distribution5. May 2004

Home Depot stores undergo upgrading

The days of cookie-cutter expansion for Home Depot are over. The company is proving to be more flexible and prepared to experiment

Distribution5. May 2004

Belgium's DIY retailers are independent

55 per cent of the DIY retailers in Belgium are still independent businesses, a fact that emerges from the 2003 structural analysis recently…

Distribution5. May 2004

Sales trends of the DIY multiples 1994 to 2003

UNIBAL puts a figure of 5.4 per cent on the sales growth achieved by the large-format DIY retail sector in France

Distribution20. April 2004

A report on the world DIY market

The world DIY market grew by 6.5 per cent in 2002 to achieve gross sales of € 396 bn, according to the latest World DIY Report compiled by …

Distribution2. April 2004

Expansion all along the line

Mr. Bricolage is planning more than 20 new stores for its main sales channel alone. International expansion is also on the agenda, and Catena is to h…

Distribution31. March 2004