NewsletterNewsletterShopShopLoginLoginMenüMenü
Menü schließen
Subscribe nowSubscribe now
Focus
EuropeEDRA|GHIN|HIMA
Ressorts
Service
Publishing house Dähne
DIY+
deep insights, facts & figures
Try now!
To Homepage
Suche
Search
FocusEuropeEDRA|GHIN|HIMA
Focuserweitern
Home Depot stores undergo upgrading
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
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
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
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
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
Tour de force in Canada
Tour de force in Canada

Rona upgrades the traditional hardware store. The new store is designed to serve Canada’s small and midsized communities

Distribution24. March 2004
The biggest proportion of sanitation articles is imported
The biggest proportion of sanitation articles is imported

United Arab Emirates: The bulk of imports come from Italy, Germany, Great Britain and the USA

Distribution23. March 2004
Spring has arrived for the DIY sector. Really?
Spring has arrived for the DIY sector. Really?

International Hardware FairPractical World: For the first time an official opening ceremony was organised

Distribution15. March 2004
Propensity to buy and DIY market in Europe
Propensity to buy and DIY market in Europe

The Germans have the biggest budget for spending on DIY within Europe, followed by the British and the French. This is revealed in a …

Distribution12. March 2004
Headlong growth for furniture market in Russia
Headlong growth for furniture market in Russia

The purchasing power of Russian consumers continues to increase

Distribution11. March 2004
Sustained construction boom in Saudi Arabia
Sustained construction boom in Saudi Arabia

Since 2002 the construction sector in Saudi Arabia has been experiencing an upswing

Distribution11. March 2004
The top 10 in America
The top 10 in America

The growth of America’s leading home improvement retailers continues to reaffirm the growing consolidation among a handful of key players

Distribution4. March 2004
Kingfisher: Sales figures
Kingfisher: Sales figures

41 per cent are generated outside the UK

Distribution4. March 2004
New concept for Italy
New concept for Italy

Obi has expanded the product range at its Sesto Fiorentio outlet and applied new presentation solutions as well

Distribution25. February 2004
Uncoupled from the economic cycle
Uncoupled from the economic cycle

Last year the DIY superstores in Germany recorded an increase of three per cent in their sales figures. The controversial discounting campaigns …

Distribution24. February 2004
How are French DIY retailers developing?
DIY Retailers worldwide
All important international markets at a glance

The unique data collection on the worldwide do-it-yourself trade.

Solid data.
From real experts.

Order now
Deep insights, facts & figures
Deep insights, facts & figures
DIY International+

Well informed at all times. 

The online magazine publishes regularly updated reports, features and analyses from the global DIY industry.

The subscription gives you full access to the premium content marked DIY+ on this website.

2 month free trial
DIY Buyers' Guide
DIY Buyers' Guide
Print issue

This is an indispensable aid to assortment design in DIY stores and specialist stores with home improvement and garden departments.

Order now

The Best of Diy International:

The Best of Diy International:

Exclusively for subscribers

No wonder
DIY InternationalBauhaus
No wonder

An online marketplace is not a miraculous expansion of the product range, but rather a targeted …

Distribution
Drill-free mounting
Siro
Drill-free mounting

At this year‘s International Hardware Fair, Siro is presenting its adhesive- and drill-free …

Suppliers
Green Gets Under Your Skin
IPM Garden Study
Green Gets Under Your Skin

A new study shows: People want more escape from everyday life. This is where the garden trade can …

Garden
Read more in DIY+Read more in DIY+
Read also
No wonder
DIY InternationalBauhaus
No wonder

An online marketplace is not a miraculous expansion of the product range, but rather a targeted …

Distribution9. April 2026
Green Gets Under Your Skin
IPM Garden Study
Green Gets Under Your Skin

A new study shows: People want more escape from everyday life. This is where the garden trade can …

Garden31. March 2026
The joy of being in this industry
DIY InternationalEdra/Ghin
The joy of being in this industry

In a very personal interview, John Herbert looks back on 70 years in retail and two decades at the …

Distribution2. March 2026