The future of retailing

Brand and service

Ace intends to bring new life into the group’s enduring strengths under its new CEO, John Venhuizen. Members outside the USA are also to benefit from this strategy

It’s not just another channel

The retail expert Neil Munz-Jones on the strategies, mistakes and opportunities that home improvement retailers encounter on their way to becoming …

Relative similarities

Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are close neighbours with noticeable historical, cultural and economic similarities. They are often treated as one m…

Waiting for that stimulus

In recent times the situation of the DIY trade in Slovakia has been marked by a difficult economic environment. But there are expansionary tendencies as …

DIY stores in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Hoping for improvement

Globus is operating DIY stores within a difficult environment in the Czech Republic. Sales were badly down last year

“A demanding consumer”

Poland is seeing the emergence of specialised local companies in competition with the DIY retailers from the West. DIY International talked to André Adamski…

Waiting for the prince

The foreign subsidiaries of Praktiker haven’t gone bust like their parent company, but they are just meandering along like in Poland. A solvent prince would …

Varying tendencies

Recently the home improvement market in Poland has shown clear signs of growth. This is a reflection of the increasing popularity of branded products, and of …

Multi-channel data

Leroy Merlin intends to create a future-oriented database for its multi-channel activities, including the company’s international business, by means of a new …

Consolidation is looming

The Russian DIY market is speeding from one sales record to the next. Consumer habits and market structures are experiencing dramatic changes

“Have a plan”

The retail expert Neil Munz-Jones on the strategies, mistakes and oppor-tunities that home improvement retailers encounter on their way to becoming omni-channel …

The sick man of Germany

Praktiker is insolvent and the future of the DIY retailer, formerly the second biggest in Germany, is uncertain, as is that of its subsidiary Max Bahr