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The empires strike back
"They were once the ones that emerged as a new, disruptive retail format, calling traditional retail structures into question. The DIY retailers have...View comment...
Paint - Major European markets
Common suffering
In the major markets of Europe – Germany, France and Great Britain – sales in coating agents are declining ... View article...
Coop Bau + Hobby
An upmarket ambience
It’s called upgrading: in its extended and modernised store in Sissach, Coop Bau + Hobby is trialling the new concepts with which the Swiss market leader... View article...Regional reports
12 x 13
12 provinces and 13 DIY store operators – this is the matrix within which the analysis of the Dutch home improvement market takes place for the View article...
DIY stores for Brussels!
Belgium is divided into the two regions of Flanders and Wallonia, which both have a very different density of DIY stores. But clearly View article...
Everything for the gardens of Europe
The Spanish plastics specialist Catral has added to its wide range of garden accessories with a new recycling material
Benefiting from the green boom
Spanish exports of flowers and plants have recorded a double-digit increase in the last year, with nearly all segments benefiting
Improving consumer knowledge
César Navarro, chairman of the Spanish manufacturers’ association AFEB, talks about the challenges that manufacturers and retailers must tackle View article...
Digitalisation, innovation, logistics
These are the three buzzwords cited by Guillermo Leal, chairman of the Spanish retailers’ association ADFB, when asked about the greatest challenges View article...
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Statistics Home Improvement Europe
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Suppliers
Tesa
Now under the brand Tesa
Tesa has integrated the entire “nie wieder bohren” assortment of adhesive solutions into a European-wide bath accessories range View article...
Regional report
Italy - USP
Different to their neighbours?
Which consumer behaviours shape the Italian home improvement market? Are there differences to other countries? Market research agency USP has got the answers View article...
Events
International Hardware Fair
The fair is digitalised
The International Hardware Fair is almost fully booked. But Amazon and Co. are characterising events at the Cologne trade fair more and more View article...