Hagebau wants to realign its retail and professional business
The German specialist trade and retail cooperative Hagebau announces far-reaching strategic changes for its retail and professional business. Associated companies active in the retail business can decide by the end of …
Hagebau management
Torsten Kreft becomes responsible for Austria and internationalisation
In connection with its plans for strategic realignment, the German specialised trade and retail cooperative …
Falling short of expansion target
Q4 recovery buoys Mr. DIY's 2021 sales increase to a 32 per cent plus
Malaysian home improvement retailer Mr. DIY enjoyed last-minute support in the fourth quarter to pull up 2021 …
FMB figures
French DIY stores in January below previous year, but far above 2020
In January, DIY stores in France again remained clearly below the corresponding sales of the previous year, but…
Senior management changes
New Kingfisher CCO, new CEO at Castorama Poland and Brico Dépôt France
The Kingfisher Group has announced a number of senior management changes. Sebastien Krysiak, currently CEO of…
Thai chain
Siam Global’s international arm invests in Indonesian company
The international unit of Thai home improvement chain Siam Global House Public Co Ltd has acquired 22 per cent of a …
Product data exchange
Mr. Bricolage relies on Salsify platform
The French DIY store operator Mr. Bricolage will be working with the platform for supplier experience management by Salsify in the future. …
Coop Bau + Hobby and Jumbo
Switzerland: Coop's DIY sales up 36.6 per cent in 2021
The Swiss retail group Coop increased its DIY sales by 36.6 per cent last year. Its two store chains Coop Bau + Hobby and …
Euromonitor study Home and Garden
Only Germany, Great Britain and Japan will not grow until 2025
The market research company Euromonitor International estimates the volume of the global home and garden market (home…
Website relaunch
DIY International now exclusively as online journal
The trade journal DIY International, produced by the Dähne Verlag publishing house, has launched its redesigned website at www…
Romania
Overview 2021: DIY retail in Romania
Dedeman, MatHaus, Brico Dépôt and Hornbach are the leading retail companies on the Romanian home improvement market. How did their businesses e…
Romania
Romanians want new houses
The boom of the construction sector and, as a result, of the home improvement sector continued in 2021
Despite fall in net sales
Ace Indonesia adds eight locations in 2021
Ace Indonesia has brought up its store count by eight to 216 outlets at the end of 2021 from 208 at the end of 2020, information …
DIY stores in 54 Romanian cities
Foreign home improvement store chains focus on Bucharest
Compared with Brico Dépôt, Leroy Merlin and Hornbach, Romanian DIY market leader Dedeman is underrepresented in the …
Dähne Verlag
The future is purely digital
Hard copy has transitioned to online: from now on, DIY International will be providing its readership with exclusively online information from the …