Table of contents

• Comment

• 3Talk to one another!

• Distribution

• 14Obi CEO Sergio Giroldi demands that the industry has a radical rethink

• Regional report

• 24Dähne Verlag II: the presence of home improvement retailers in the Spanish regions

  34Euromonitor analyses the Spanish home improvement market

• Focus

• 42The Taiwanese hand tools industry at the International Hardware Fair

• Suppliers

• 39Tesa’s new Europe-wide bath accessories range

• Events

• 46More international visitors at the Hardware Fair in Cologne

• Garden distribution

• 48Entrance with food hall at Intratuin garden centre