In the third quarter (November 2023 to January 2024) of its 2023/2024 financial year, the Swedish retail group Clas Ohlson increased its sales by 9 per cent year-on-year to SEK 3.233 bn (EUR 289 mio); this does not …
GfK figures 2023
DIY stores in Italy generate 0.7 per cent more sales
DIY stores in Italy achieved a slight increase in sales in 2023. Their sales increased by 0.7 per cent to EUR 5.289 bn compared…
Thailand
Tourism resurgence supports Thai Watsadu
The hardline segment of multinational conglomerate Central Retail Group (CRC) managed to brush away economic cobwebs to end 2023 on a …
Japan
Kohnan nine-month sales up 8 per cent
Kohnan, a Japanese home improvement retailing chain that also has a presence in Vietnam and Cambodia, reported a slight increase in its net s…
Thailand
DoHome ends 2023 with stagnant sales
Promotions to celebrate its 40th anniversary could not do much to help Thai home improvement retailer DoHome in 2023, when sales staggered …
BHB confident for 2024
German DIY retail sales down 3.1 per cent in 2023
The DIY trade in Germany ended 2023 with a 3.1 per cent drop in sales. The sales volume totalled EUR 21.24 billion. On a …
2023 ranking of the top 8
Bauhaus is the new DIY market leader in Germany
Bauhaus has replaced Obi as the market leader in the German DIY market. According to estimates by Dähne Verlag, the DIY chain's …
Radu Oniga
New country manager of Hornbach in Romania
Hornbach, the third largest DIY chain in Germany, announced at the start of the new financial year on 1 March 2024, Radu Oniga will take …
Malaysian retail group
Mr. DIY’s sales grew by 9.4 per cent in 2023
Malaysian retail group Mr. DIY increased its sales in 2023 by 9.4 per cent compared to the previous year, bringing the annual sales …
2023 figures
New stores buoy Mr. DIY’s sales in home turf
A significant rise in its store count has buoyed the sales of the Malaysian home goods retailing giant Mr. DIY last year after mature …
Australia and New Zealand
Bunnings sales grow by 1.7 per cent from July to December
In the first half of its 2023/2024 financial year from July to December 2023, Australian DIY chain Bunnings achieved sales…
Stagnant consumer spending
Japan’s Komeri posts 2.3 per cent dip in nin-month operating revenues
Japanese home improvement retail chain Komeri posted a 2.3 per cent dip in accumulated operating revenues in …
Sales decline in the fourth quarter
Home Depot sales to fall by 3.0 per cent in 2023
Home Depot, the world's largest DIY chain, recorded a 3.0 percent decline in sales in the past 2023/2024 financial year (ending 28 …
"Actually pretty good"
Industry expert Craig Webb expects a boom in demand in the second half of the year
US industry expert Craig Webb expects growth in the first half of 2024 to be weak at best, …
Central sales -0.4 per cent
Number of Ace Hardware stores increased by 124 worldwide
The number of hardware stores affiliated to Ace Hardware worldwide rose to 5 870 locations in 2023; the addition of 222 …