Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Third quarter

Store closures cause HomePro double-digit decline

Due to the closure of a part of their stores lasting several weeks, the Thai chain of DIY stores HomePro saw a significant reduction in sales in the third quarter. Compared to the same quarter last year, sales dropped …

News2. November 2021

Home improvement product spend

USA: 13 per cent growth in 2020 and 2021

Last year, Americans spent USD 456.364 bn (EUR 393.475 bn) on home improvement products, 13.3 per cent more than in 2019. For the current …

News29. October 2021

Third quarter

Tractor Supply increases sales by 16 per cent

Tractor Supply, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, increased its net sales for the third quarter 2021 by 15.8 …

News28. October 2021

Evgeny Movchan on the Global DIY-Network

“Petrovitch’s USP is ‘we love our customers’”

"From Russia with love" could have been the heading for the twelfth interview conducted by John Herbert for the Global DIY N…

News27. October 2021

Home lifestyle

Launch of Lowe's One Roof Media Network

Lowe's announces the launch of Lowe's One Roof Media Network, a retail media service providing an extensive portfolio of omnichannel …

News27. October 2021

September

DIY store sales in France 14 per cent above 2019 level

Sales in French DIY stores in September remained slightly below those of September 2020 (-1.77 per cent). Compared with …

News26. October 2021

Online share 18 percent

Byggmax group reports plus of 9 per cent in third quarter

The Swedish Byggmax group reports sales to the amount of SEK 2.400 bn (EUR 239 mio) for the third quarter and thus a …

News25. October 2021

Global Home Improvement Report

The global market grew in the 2020 pandemic year by 13.8 per cent

The global DIY and home improvement market rose in the pandemic year of 2020 by 13.8 per cent to an overall volume…

News22. October 2021

CEO Damian McGloughlin

“Homebase is now in a growth strategy”

The positioning of Homebase as "more family and female oriented rather than trade and DIY per se" was one of the major themes in …

News21. October 2021

Premiere 2022

IPM Packaging Center on the topic of packaging in the green industry

An IPM Packaging Center is being planned for the first time at IPM Essen 2022. The aim is to give the market a …

News20. October 2021

Russia

War and crisis

The housing market is in decline, flats are getting smaller, customer footfall is falling and …

Distribution

FN Neuhofer

Moving forward in big steps

“FN Neuhofer goes America”: That was the latest major step taken by the Austrian wood specialist, …

Suppliers

Statistics

Top DIY stores close gardening sections

While the total gardening sales area in Germany grew in 2024, the top DIY store operators saw a …

Garden

Russia

War and crisis

The housing market is in decline, flats are getting smaller, customer footfall is falling and …

Distribution16. December 2025

Home Improvement Report

Between stabilization and decline

Between stabilization and declineThe new edition of the Home Improvement Report 2025 was published …

Distribution11. December 2025

Obi

The beaver is spreading

New Obi stores have been added in Switzerland this year. The Germans seized the opportunity when …

Distribution9. December 2025

Store closures cause HomePro double-digit decline

USA: 13 per cent growth in 2020 and 2021

Tractor Supply increases sales by 16 per cent

“Petrovitch’s USP is ‘we love our customers’”

Launch of Lowe's One Roof Media Network

DIY store sales in France 14 per cent above 2019 level

Byggmax group reports plus of 9 per cent in third quarter

The global market grew in the 2020 pandemic year by 13.8 per cent

“Homebase is now in a growth strategy”

IPM Packaging Center on the topic of packaging in the green industry

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War and crisis

Moving forward in big steps

Top DIY stores close gardening sections

War and crisis

Between stabilization and decline

The beaver is spreading