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Pushing the limit or still going for gold?

The German large-scale operators Obi and Hornbach have successfully, even very successfully, located to Switzerland, where they are doing business alongside the Coop, Jumbo, Do It + Garden DIY superstores belonging to …

Distribution5. May 2004

DIYers active in the east

A clear east-west divide is evident in Austria when it comes to store density and DIY sales. Results for Lower Austria, Styria and Carinthia were good

Distribution5. May 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

The purchasing power of Russian consumers continues to increase

Distribution11. March 2004

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 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

41 per cent are generated outside the UK

Distribution4. March 2004

How are French DIY retailers developing?

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Sales trends of the DIY multiples 1994 to 2003

A report on the world DIY market

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Tour de force in Canada

The biggest proportion of sanitation articles is imported

Spring has arrived for the DIY sector. Really?

Propensity to buy and DIY market in Europe

Headlong growth for furniture market in Russia

Sustained construction boom in Saudi Arabia

The top 10 in America

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