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New Home Improvement Report

Global home improvement sales exceeded EUR 696 bn in 2022

Global home improvement retail sales topped EUR 696.5 bn in 2022, growing by around 10.4 per cent compared to 2021. The figure is taken from the new Home Improvement Report Retail Worldwide, which was produced in close …

Distribution29. September 2023

Half-year sales narrowly maintained

Hornbach DIY stores back on growth course in second quarter

In its half-year report, Hornbach has now confirmed and supplemented the figures published in advance in a profit …

Distribution28. September 2023

Swedish hard discounter

Rusta wants to go public

The Swedish hard discounter Rusta wants to go public. The aim is to list on Nasdaq Stockholm before the end of the year. The company operates 202 stores in…

Distribution28. September 2023

Rona+ brand

Rona converts more Lowe's stores

Canada's Rona Group has announced the conversion of more Lowe's stores to the Rona+ brand. After the company released details in mid-September of …

Distribution26. September 2023

Back to the Adeo Group

Lorraine Valsasina new managing director of Bricoman Poland

Lorraine Valsasina is the new managing director of Bricoman Poland. She is moving back to Adeo Group after three years …

Distribution25. September 2023

Expansion in Europe

Poland next target for Mr. DIY?

Malaysia’s top home improvement retailer Mr. DIY appears to be scouting Poland as a potential market for its planned expansion in Europe. Leo Gan, M…

Distribution22. September 2023

Stabilised in the second quarter

Hornbach sales in first half almost at previous year's level

The sales performance of the German Hornbach Group stabilised in the second quarter (June to August). This was reported…

Distribution22. September 2023

Kingfisher

Screwfix soon to be online pure player in 20 European countries

Screwfix, the professional-oriented sales division of the British Kingfisher Group, wants to be present as an o…

Distribution21. September 2023

Selection of best-selling articles

Mr. DIY Thailand enters e-commerce space

The Thailand operations of home improvement retailer Mr. DIY has fully entered the e-commerce space of the country when it launched its …

Distribution20. September 2023

Positive in UK and Ireland

Kingfisher's first-half sales slightly down on previous year

UK-based Kingfisher Group has ended the first half of its 2023/2024 financial year (February to July) with a slight …

Distribution20. September 2023

Five stores in a month

Mr. DIY quickly scales up in Vietnam

Malaysian home improvement powerhouse Mr. DIY has quickly scaled up its Vietnam operations by opening five stores in three key locations of the…

Distribution14. September 2023

USA

Aubuchon joins Ace Hardware

US hardware chain Aubuchon has joined the Ace Hardware cooperative. Aubuchon currently operates 112 stores in the north-eastern USA. Of these, 76 are to…

Distribution14. September 2023

United Kingdom

Wilko to be wound up, some stores to be taken over

The British DIY and household goods chain Wilko is insolvent and will be wound up. The liquidator, PwC, announced earlier this …

Distribution13. September 2023

First half year

Wickes grows through DIFM

UK DIY chain Wickes has reported a 0.7 per cent year-on-year increase in sales for the first half of the year, with turnover of GBP 927.7 mio (EUR 1.080 …

Distribution12. September 2023