France

Grown with their customers

French manufacturers have adapted to globalisation, says Jean-Éric Riche, President of the Unibal association in this interview

France

Very European French

The online marketplace Mano Mano is expanding from France to its neighbouring countries. Is it what they have been waiting for? A conversation with the …

France

Growing enthusiasm

Angéline Le Ménach analyses the French market at Euro­monitor International and is convinced that French consumers have embraced DIY

France

DIY chains strengthen their position

Growth rates in the French market as a whole remained at less than one per cent in 2015, but the DIY chains are outperforming the rest

Lowe’s

Robots in Silicon Valley

LowBot is the name of the new colleague at eleven stores of the US DIY retailer Lowe’s in the San Francisco Bay area – a robot which is not aimed at …

U.S. trade sector

Comparing with others

“How does your store compare with some of the biggest chains in the U. S.?”, is the question author Bob Vereen asks in his report, while breaking down the …

Brexit

Challenging for everybody

Since the British vote to leave the EU, the question hanging in the air for the DIY and garden industry is: What will be the consequences?

France

"The customers have changed a lot"

What is the current status of the DIY industry in France? Taking stock of the situation in an interview with Frédéric Sambourg, President of the …

UK DIY market

Big bets placed - who will win?

In response to this question, our author Neil Munz-Jones of mdj2 refines the analysis of the UK DIY market that he presented at the Global DIY …

Editorial

Service and return

Dähne Statistics

Even more data again

The standard work Dähne Statistics DIY Europe has grown in size again and now provides information on the market volumes of the most important countries

Germany

The competition is catching up

The German DIY market leader Obi has maintained its figures, but Bauhaus is catching up. How the industry as a whole fared in 2015 is revealed by the…

Market conditions have improved

The UK home improvement multiples market was worth around GBP 7.2bn in value terms (RSP) in 2015, following an increase of around four per cent …

City store formats - Clas Ohlson

Swedish flagship in Hamburg

German DIY store operators don’t like to venture into the city centre. Now the Swedish company Clas Ohlson is showing them how to do it