Web stores

Not products, but stories

What DIY retailers, who would like to set up a web store, can learn from colleagues from other retail sectors and countries

Europe

Tough times for bathroom furniture

The market in Europe has been declining for years. At the moment only the German speaking countries are managing a recovery. DIY stores play a …

Retailers in the US

Two kinds of customers

An examination of retailers in the US serving professional customers and end consumers

Do it Best

Search for greater efficiency

The US wholesaler Do it Best is testing an innovative order-picking software system in its latest distribution centre

Screwfix

Professional or DIY enthusiast?

Screwfix’s catalogue store concept for DIY products has now arrived in Germany

Obi

 Huge investment

Sochor has opened the biggest Obi store in Vienna on one of the most highly frequented streets in the Austrian capital

Hagebau

It’s all about brand

In its anniversary year Hagebau has focused more on the future than on its past

Ottimax

Brand with impact

There is a new player on the Italian market: The first Ottimax store has opened in Olbia, Sardinia

Bulgaria - Praktis

“We open new stores”

Up to now, Praktis has been the only domestic DIY store operator in Bulgaria. Proprietor Lyuben Milchev talks about the situation in the country and his plans

European Home Report

DIY is sexy

… and helps save money: The European Home Report from Kingfisher informs about the attitudes, desires and skills of the consumers in nine countries

Blurred boundaries

3rd European Home Improvement Forum

An extensive gallery of photos of the congress in Madrid organised by Edra and Fediyma

Let the good times roll

The National Hardware Show bounces back

South-East Asia - Euromonitor International

Increasing labour costs as opportunity

The “do it for me” culture hampers growth in both Indonesia and Thailand, says Cruz del Barrio, head of home and garden research at …