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I have been commenting here on events in the international home improvement industry for the last eleven years. My predecessors had been doing this since...View comment...Regional reports
Double digit growth rates
During the pandemic, home improvement stores were also more in demand than ever before in Canada. Despite the number of stores declining, sales rose View article...
Empathy with their stores, people and customers
Jim Inglis, who worked for decades on Home Depot’s senior management team and is now a sought-after consultant to home improvement chains worldwide, View article...
Peace of mind at an hourly rate
The Ace Hardware cooperative is recording rapid rates of growth with its Handyman Services business in the USA. One of the franchisees is a former View article...
Covid brought the next boost
The home improvement market in the USA experienced tremendous growth during the pandemic. Compared to 2019, hardware stores made an average of 20 per View article...
Another giant for Romania
In Cluj-Napoca, the second largest city in the country, Hornbach has opened its eighth Romanian location. A number nine is already being planned
The stores remained open
Home improvement retailers in Romania were allowed to continue their businesses in 2020 even during the first wave of Covid-19. So they increased View article...
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Garden Trends Report
The new gardeners are emerging
The pandemic has brought new customers to the garden sector, according to the latest Garden Trends Report. This youthful target group seeks entry-level products, complete solutions and quality and is following a retro trend in the plant world View article...
Suppliers
USA/Canada - Jayne Seagrave
Fact and fiction
From caulking tools to Covid and chick lit: the pandemic has created a number of challenges across the industry. But it has also created opportunities – and in one instance spawned the publication of a novel View article...
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Nordics - Byggmax Group
"We are still a hard discounter"
The Swedish Byggmax Group is committed to the discount principle also with its new concept 3.0, which is based on the idea of the specialist store: small sales areas, few staff, strict cost control, plus close links with e-commerce. This will also be the case in Denmark View article...
Events
Taiwan Hardware Show
Plans for a virtual and physical event
The Taiwan Hardware Show was the only hardware event staged worldwide in 2020. This year’s edition is set to run from 13 to 15 October in Taichung and once again on the Internet, organiser Kaigo announces View article...