Distribution

More stores for Germany’s Top 30

The total number of DIY stores belonging to the 30 biggest German DIY retail companies at home and abroad saw an overall increase amounting to 183 (from 3 447 to 3 630) in the period between 31 December 2003 and …

Distribution22. February 2005

Successful financial year

Kingfisher ended the 2004/05 financial year with sales growth of 8.7 per cent

Distribution21. February 2005

New market approach for Knauber

The German DIY retailer Knauber has premiered its new market philosophy at the company’s location at Pulheim near Cologne

Distribution21. February 2005

DIY stores and the fun factor

Sylvia Herzog, DIY in Europe, GermanyThe days of the traditional DIY store are over. Though it is still possible to sight men in boiler suits in such …

Distribution21. February 2005

Growth of the market in Australia

The Australian hardware and building supplies market has seen growth of around two per cent, according to a study undertaken by the management …

Distribution18. February 2005

Germany: The garden tools market in 2004

GfK monitors the market for garden tools in three segments: powered garden tools, hand tools and watering products

Distribution28. January 2005

Market dominance of the chains

A closer look at the Belgian DIY market reveals that the process of consolidation is still ongoing

Distribution19. January 2005

Scant growth in the Netherlands

Just as in 2003, the DIY market in the Netherlands will have to be content with a very slight rate of growth in 2004 as well

Distribution19. January 2005

Steady growth

B&Q is the biggest DIY retail group in Taiwan. At the end of 2004 the British company had 18 outlets with a combined retail area of 90 000 m²

Distribution19. January 2005

Competition that knows no bounds

Bert HoogelandDIY in Europe, NetherlandsThe “price war” phenomenon is already familiar in the DIY sector of the majority of countries in …

Distribution19. January 2005

The 2003 French garden market in figures

A survey by Promojardin reveals that the gross volume of trade in the French garden market rose by 0.3 per cent to € 5.649 bn in 2003

Distribution21. December 2004

The Netherlands: Turmoil in the "green" market

The garden centre scene in the Netherlands is in upheaval as a result of the insolvencyof Europatuin, the second-biggest garden …

Distribution16. December 2004

Weak market for windows in Austria

A poor level of new building activity will result in the windows market in Austria achieving growth of only 0.7 per cent in 2005 as well. The …

Distribution14. December 2004

The 2004 market for garden tools

The German market for garden tools suffered a sales deficit

Distribution2. December 2004

Will the Kmart-Sears merger meet with success?

An announcement took America’s retail trade by surprise on 17 November, when the Kmart discount chain and Sears, once the …

Distribution25. November 2004

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