Table of contents

• Comment

• 3Covid-19 provides clarity

• Distribution

• 10Hardware stores in the USA had to rethink during the pandemic

  12Growth of 14 per cent in Germany

  13ManoMano doubled its trade volume in 2020

  14Spain: decline of 1 per cent and a year of uncertainty ahead

  16European Home Improvement Monitor: good prospects for the industry

• Regional report

• 24Statistics: home improvement chains and economic data

  27Latin America - Newcomers in the Andes: the Peruvian DIY store chain Promart

  30Latin America - Sodimac, South America’s largest DIY store operator

• Focus

• 38Ambiente Trends 2021: love, nature and creative redesign

  39Living and design trends - Floors with character: Check by Koczwara

  40Motip Dupli: spray painting with a clean conscience

  42Scheurich and Soendgen have merged to Plant-Style-Group

• EDRA/Fedyma

• 20Global DIY-Network: recent online seminars and CEO interviews

• Suppliers

• 32Keter has developed a sustainability strategy

  34FN Neuhofer presents its Vision 2025 building project

  36Brexit I: BHETA explains the British manufacturers’ point of view

• Events

• 49Taitra webinars: Taiwanese manufacturers present themselves

• Garden suppliers

• 46Brexit II: the EU remains the most important market

• Garden distribution

• 45Covid-19 and the German garden market