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Ever larger formats

A continuing trend towards large-format stores and greater efforts at foreign expansion characterise the development of the German DIY store sector

Distribution30. May 2007

DIY boom in Brazil

The Brazilian hypermarket industry is discovering a new trend – the market for DIY and home improvement products

Distribution29. May 2007

New large-format concept

Baumax has reworked its megastore concept and implemented it for the first time in Stadlau. The core aspects are a larger building materials section and …

Distribution29. May 2007

Misunderstanding or a question of definition?

Since the beginning of this year astonishing figures have been appearing in the trade press for the number of DIY stores in Austria, …

Distribution29. May 2007

Acquisition-fuelled growth

Bricorama’s founder Jean-Claude Bourrelier has estab-lished the success of this French DIY group through deliberately making strategic a…

Distribution29. May 2007

Expansion in area and price pressure

Heidi Biehl, DIY in Europe AustriaSince the German companies Hagebau, Hornbach, OBI and Praktiker entered the Austrian market in 1995, a …

Distribution25. May 2007

Consolidation of European presence

Exel, French market leader in the field of sprayers, has now established itself in the water technology market as well.

Distribution22. May 2007

Première for Paris fair

Créabitat, the fair for interior decoration and DIY pro-ducts, had its first test run from 25 to 27 September within the framework of the “Salons d’…

Distribution22. May 2007

Future-oriented changes

The Tabur group has introduced a new organisational structure, which will ensure changes within its marketing arms and affiliated retailers

Distribution22. May 2007

Moderate growth of floorspace

Last year the DIY retail trade in France saw rather good progress. Despite some caution where new openings were concerned, the discounter concept is …

Distribution22. May 2007

Austria’s largest grouping

Austria is the only foreign country so far where Hagebau has any involvement. There the cooperative is growing at a double-digit rate, faster than …

Distribution18. May 2007

Challenge for retailers

The new European-wide legislation on chemical substances will enter into force on 1 June 2007. This will result in an increased need for communication in …

Distribution16. May 2007

Online offensive in Britain

DIY retailers in the United Kingdom are opening up the internet for online trading, thereby confirming its great potential as a channel of distribution

Distribution15. May 2007

Serious challenges ahead

It is too early to say yet what Focus Do It All is going to do with the recently acquired Wickes stores. But even before it suddenly became a chain of over…

Distribution15. May 2007

The Italian world of DIY

Giulia Arrigoni, DIY in Europe Italy28 million Italians take an interest in DIY, according to a study by Infratest Burke on behalf of Henkel. This figure …

Distribution14. May 2007