Italy - Do-It-For-Me

DIY and DIFM hand in hand

The Italians are not particularly keen Do-It-Yourselfers, as determined by the market research company Euromonitor International. However, the …

Italy - Home improvement

Roman impressions

When it comes down to home improvement, many Italians still prefer to use specialist stores. The DIY stores have responded with a range of different concepts

Gamma

The Volkswagen amongst the DIY stores

Fewer decorations, but a lot more technology is key to the direction Gama is taking with its new concept. Whereby new and familiar elements …

Hornbach

Ten years Romania

Nowadays the German retailer operates six stores in the country. Soon to be followed by an Internet store

"So popular in Italy"

Arexons has been active on the market for car care and multi-purpose lubricants since 1925. CEO Domenico Ciaglia explains how the expanding traditional brand …

Italy - Made4DIY

A steady but not static market

How is the home improvement market in Italy doing at present? DIY International asked the Italian manufacturers’ association Made4DIY for an …

Romania

New ranking in Romania

2016 was a year of consolidation and growth for the Romanian DIY retail, a year which confirmed Dedeman as market leader and saw Leroy Merlin take on second …

Editorial

Global or regional?

Germany - Statistics

Statistics on the development of DIY stores ­in Germany

(All data from: Dähne Statistics DIY + Garden 2017)

Asia leading the way in online shopping

With its two mega markets of China and India, Asia-Pacific is the biggest region for online shopping in the world, according to a study by …

Digitalisation - Lowe's

Quick stepping through the DIY store

Lowe’s is currently working on digitalising its product search on the sales floor. Two pilot stores with very tech-savvy customers are testing …

Digitalisation - Majimpex

To bypass the evolution

Although the Tunisian retailer Majimpex has been a player in the hardware industry for a long time, it hasn’t been involved in home improvement retail. It…

Digitalisation - Coop Bau + Hobby

“The need is there”

Customers want cross-channel shopping, the Swiss Coop group is sure of that. Whether DIY stores or supermarkets – their pick-up points are also available for …

Digitalisation - Stroitelny Dvor

No more routine pricing

The Russian builders’ merchant and DIY retailer Stroitelny Dvor selects price optimization and analytic services across online and brick-and-mortar …