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Who gets what?

Further processes of concentration within the DIY retail scene in Europe are in the air. This is the assumption upon which the UK market research company Verdict Research bases its latest study of the DIY market in …

Distribution10. June 2002

K-rauta: Thriving in the Changing DIY/Hardware Market

Management consultants Cap Gemini Ernst & Young have scrutinized the buying behaviour of European consumers in a survey …

Distribution7. June 2002

Europe: The 30 biggest DIY companies in 2001

Net sales in mio €Retail area in 1.000 m²Number of DIY storesCastorama/Kingfisher EuropeCastorama, B&Q, Nomi8 4683 391530OBI …

Distribution6. June 2002

Leroy Merlin strengthens pan-European presence

Leroy Merlin, the second largest DIY group in France, is going to take over the Spanish and French DIY stores of the Belgian GIB …

Distribution16. May 2002

Globalising tendencies?

Internationalisation in the retail sector is leading not only to companies going on “shopping sprees” abroad, but also to small countries being …

Distribution16. May 2002

Castorama/Kingfisher: Background to Offer

Kingfisher announces that it has initiated the process of acquiring the outstanding minority interests in Castorama Dubois Investissements.

Distribution16. May 2002

Ukraine: Construction market

The Ukraine is an emerging market of 49 million people. It is the second largest country in Europe after Russia and has the second biggest economy …

Distribution18. April 2002

Popularity of painting in Britain

British consumers are the European masters at buying paint. They reach for their paint tin and brush much more frequently than their DIY …

Distribution18. April 2002

No threat from e-commerce

A study carried out by the German Post World Net reaches the conclusion that Germany’s DIY retailers will not suffer any serious competition from …

Distribution18. April 2002

New look for Home Depot

Home Depot has modified its warehouse concept at the four new stores in Indianapolis

Distribution18. April 2002

Retail space continues to grow

Bauhaus opened in Viena's 23rd district the seventh and at the same time the biggest market in the Austrian capital

Distribution17. April 2002

Turning quality into profit

Summary of the Presentation given by Dr. Alan Barton, Vice President of The Rohm und Haas Company, at the 4th International DIY Congress in Berlin on 16…

Distribution16. April 2002