Table of contents

• Comment

• 3Comment

• Distribution

• 8What unifies and divides the market giants Home Depot and Lowe’s

  10The volume of the Russian DIY market declined by five per cent

  12Leroy Merlin Russia optimizes its warehouse management

  14Germany: Obi maintaines its figures, the competition is catching up

  15Dähne Statistics 2016 provides even more data again

  16Jumbo has built a new Maximo format store on historic grounds

• Main topic

• 18The European DIY retailers are moving closer to the urban target groups

  20Leroy Merlin’s second inner city store in Paris meets the specific needs in this catchment area

  24The two floors, two worlds and two speeds of Castorama in La Défense

  26The Swedish retailer Clas Ohlson crossed the Baltic to Germany

• EDRA/Fedyma

• 304th Global DIY Summit: Stockholm was the place to be for the international industry

  33Edra/Fediyma: Store tour: three foreign and two Swedish formats in the greater Stockholm area

• Events

• 39Spoga+Gafa shortens visitors’ pathways and focus more on plants

  40“Internet Plus” and hardware at CIHS in Shanghai

  41Taiwan Hardware Show introduces a ‘Corporate Buyer Program’

  42The National Hardware Show profited from an improved concept

• Garden suppliers

• 44Yoyo, Fitt’s extendable garden hose, amasses prizes

  45Gardena celebrates the 50th anniversary of the brand