Kingfisher and Adeo open urban small format stores
The major DIY store operators are currently causing a stir with smaller inner-city locations and by testing different formats. Just recently, the European market leaders Adeo and Kingfisher have reported new openings…
Philippines
AllHome reports sales boost and eyes more freestanding outlets
Philippine home improvement retail chain AllHome posted a 39-per cent rise in sales in the first half of the year as …
Minus in July too
The situation last year, the weather and the holidays slow down DIY stores in France
As in the two months before, the French DIY stores' sales statistics also show a decline in Jul…
7 per cent drop in sales
Covid-19 effects continue to hound Ace Indonesia
Sustained headwinds from the Covid-19 pandemic led to a 7.27 per cent drop in home improvement retailer Ace Hardware Indonesia's …
-1 per cent May to July
Clas Ohlson almost at previous year’s level in first quarter
The Swedish retail chain Clas Ohlson recorded a slight increase in sales from May to July 2021, the first quarter of …
Plus 8.1 per cent
Home Depot’s second-quarter growth in single digits again
Home Depot, DIY market leader in the USA and globally, increased its sales in the second quarter (1 May to 1 August 2021) …
First six months of 2021
Sales down 15 per cent at German home improvement stores
In the first six months of the year, sales in DIY stores in Germany were down by 15.2 per cent compared with the first half…
Despite second-quarter downturn
Growth of 8 per cent for Austria’s DIY retailers in the first six
Austrian home improvement stores increased their gross sales by 8.3 per cent to EUR 1.61 bn in the first half of …
First half of 2021
Swiss DIY stores increase sales by 18 per cent
In Switzerland, DIY stores ended the first half of 2021 with sales growth of 17.9 per cent to CHF 2.15 bn (EUR 2.00 bn). In the first…
New restrictions in the third quarter
Thailand’s DoHome sees 36 per cent increase in first half sales
An overall improvement in store turnover led to a 36.1-per cent rise in Thai home improvement chain DoHome's sales …