City store formats - Europe

Big trend towards smaller spaces

The European DIY retailers are moving closer to the modern urban target groups

Jumbo

Built on historic grounds

The company opened its first DIY store more than 30 years ago. Now the second biggest DIY chain in Switzerland has built a new Maximo format store on the …

Leroy Merlin Russia

A streamlining symphony

Leroy Merlin Russia aims to optimise its warehouse management, cut warehousing costs and improve customer service by making products more readily …

Russia

A new era?

No-one wanted to speak of a crisis in the Russian DIY market at the Forum DIY in Moscow. In spite of all the setbacks and postponements, the prospects actually appear to…

Nordic countries Orkla Group

Make it easy

The Norwegian Orkla Group supplies numerous stores in the paintbrush and painting supplies market. The principle for market development is always the same: Clear …

Nordic countries - Tesa

Market with high DIY affinity

The German manufacturer Tesa operates in all the Scandinavian countries and works together with DIY retailers. It evaluates the outlook for the region…

Nordic countries - Plantasjen

Big Data for Garden Centres

The garden centre chain Plantasjen has turned its supply chain management inside out, reduced its branch stock levels and increased sales

Nordic countries - Silvan

Danish flexibility

In a market that is hardly growing, the Silvan chain is working on winning more market share. The store format, the competent and proactive personnel and the …

City store formats – Leroy Merlin

Métro, boulot, brico

The French DIY market leader Leroy Merlin now has a second inner city store. The concept concentrates entirely on the needs of the urban customers

Home Depot and Lowe's

What unifies and ­divides the giants

Home Depot and Lowe’s, the world’s largest home center chains, forged new sales highs in 2015, but they got there in somewhat different ways

Editorial

Generation rent, share, Internet, etc.

Russia

Online is booming

In Russia e-commerce with DIY and building products reports double-digit growth rates. And more potential still remains

Russia

The crisis and who gains from it

The Russian DIY market is currently characterised by downturns. However, this development isn't the same everywhere. It's not just the big players …

Russia

Stagflation batters home and garden retailers

Double-digit inflation combined with a deep recession has made 2015 a year to forget for home and garden specialist retailers in Russi…