On home ground

Merkur is the only home-grown competitor among the DIY retailers in Slovenia

Medium-term: eight Baumax stores

It is no more than a stone’s throw over the border into the neighbouring country to the south for these Austrians, who operate three stores …

Steadily growing DIY market in Slovenia

The market will reach saturation point within five years if the DIY retail groups carry out their plans in Slovenia

Hubo strengthens market position

Hubo has become the major national DIY retail group in Belgium through acquisition of the DIY stores belonging to the French Bricomarché group

Belgium’s market in process of change

The experts are all agreed: The year 2002 brought great changes to the Belgian DIY sector

Slow-down in growth

Signs of below-average growth for the DIY market in the Netherlands are for the first time in ages becoming apparent for the year 2002, and the same is being …

Obi: Financial year 2002/2003

Turkey: The market for windows and doors

The overall Turkish market for windows and doors, together with frames and flashing systems, will achieve a volume of around US $ 220 mio …

Turkey: The floor coverings market

The market volume for floor coverings in Turkey is estimated at US $ 435 mio (€ 372 mio) in the year 2003. It amounted to US $ 350 mio (&eur…

Austria: Recognition factor of DIY stores

Prompted awareness levelBaumax94 %Obi88 %Bauhaus87 %Raiffeisen Lagerhäuser80 %Hornbach78 %Öbau64 %Hagebau63 %Praktiker39 %Baufreund …

Support for the AHMA Show

The organisation is relying on big names from both industry and commerce to enlist support for its own trade fair that will be in competition with the …

New York, New York

Home Depot announced plans to open two new stores in Manhattan next summer. When these stores open, the retailer will have 17 locations throughout all five of …

A strong first half

“It was a good six months for Kingfisher”, Chief Executive Officer Gerry Murphy said. The retail company reports first half Home Improvement sales up 15 …

Opening boom in November

The DIY multiples in Austria were not very keen on expansion between January and October. However, there were three new openings at once in the second half…