Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Switzerland

Coop reflags Bau + Hobby as Jumbo

The Swiss DIY market leader Coop Bau + Hobby is surrendering its brand in favour of Jumbo. The Jumbo and Bau + Hobby brands are to be combined and to continue operating under the Jumbo name as a speciality format of the…

News31. August 2021

Global Home Improvement Network

Hardware retailers of IHA merge with Ghin

The Global Home Improvement Network (Ghin) and the International Hardware Association (IHA) are merging. In future, not only will the Ghin…

News30. August 2021

Australia and New Zealand

Bunnings sales grow by 12.5 per cent in 2020/2021

In its fiscal 2020/2021 (ended 30 June 2021), Bunnings increased its sales by 12.5 per cent to AUD 16.871 bn (EUR 10.405 bn). …

News30. August 2021

Taiwan Hardware Show in October

Taiwan’s hardware industry profits from rising vaccination rates

The Taiwanese hardware industry is profiting from rising vaccination rates in the USA and Europe, its main market …

News27. August 2021

B&Q and Leroy Merlin

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. …

News26. August 2021

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 …

News26. August 2021

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…

News25. August 2021

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 …

News24. August 2021

-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 …

News23. August 2021

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) …

News19. August 2021

Obi

The Masterplan store

More franchising, more professional business, more beavers – in short, more customer experience: …

Distribution

Kitchen furnishings

Kitchen furniture dominates the market

This is the conclusion reached by IFH Cologne. The management consultancy Titze, on the other hand…

Suppliers

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Anything but pessimistic

Obi’s Head of Purchasing, Jochen Ludwig, speaks at this year’s IVG Forum Gartenmarkt. He says: ‘The…

Garden

Obi

The Masterplan store

More franchising, more professional business, more beavers – in short, more customer experience: …

Distribution11. September 2026

Six years after a pandemic-ridden start

Modern home improvement retailing pioneer Ace Home Center Vietnam finds its footing

No one could have predicted that 22 November 2019 would end up being one of the worst possible …

Distribution10. September 2026

Consumers

Staying liquid

Financial savings are the main reasons why Europeans are opting for water-saving solutions. The …

Distribution9. September 2026

Coop reflags Bau + Hobby as Jumbo

Hardware retailers of IHA merge with Ghin

Bunnings sales grow by 12.5 per cent in 2020/2021

Taiwan’s hardware industry profits from rising vaccination rates

Kingfisher and Adeo open urban small format stores

AllHome reports sales boost and eyes more freestanding outlets

The situation last year, the weather and the holidays slow down DIY stores in France

Covid-19 effects continue to hound Ace Indonesia

Clas Ohlson almost at previous year’s level in first quarter

Home Depot’s second-quarter growth in single digits again

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The Masterplan store

Kitchen furniture dominates the market

Anything but pessimistic

The Masterplan store

Modern home improvement retailing pioneer Ace Home Center Vietnam finds its footing

Staying liquid