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Overall -8 per cent

Clas Ohlson also makes less online in September

The Swedish Clas Ohlson group recorded a drop in sales of 8 per cent in September. In local currencies, the ("organic") decline amounted to 3 per cent compared to the same month last year, this was also -3 per…

News16. October 2020

Share plan

Kingfisher starts sale of shares to employees

Kingfisher is offering all of its 77 000 employees the purchase of company shares. At the end of September, the British trading group …

News16. October 2020

Next five years

Malaysian home improvement growth projections pared down

Research company Frost & Sullivan sees the Malaysian home improvement sector growing at a compounded rate of 10.2 per …

News15. October 2020

Spain and Portugal

Brico Dépôt Iberia launches scan and go app

Brico Dépôt Iberia has launched a scan and go app for its customers in Spain and Portugal. Called "Brico and Go", the app can …

News15. October 2020

Strong fluctuations in Mai

DIY stores slightly in the minus up to July in Italy

In Italy, DIY stores forfeited 1.9 per cent of their sales from January to July compared to the same period last year. The …

News14. October 2020

Welcome message from DIY International

Taiwan Hardware Show opens its doors for three days today

The Taiwan Hardware Show began in Taichung today, 13 October 2020. It is the only hardware and tools fair in the world to …

News13. October 2020

Malaysia

Covid lockdown wipes out Mr. DIY’s same store sales

A lockdown imposed in Malaysia to mitigate Covid-19 contagion wiped out Mr. DIY's same store sales in the first half of the year…

News12. October 2020

Slight downturn for home improvement stores

French garden market grows in spite of supermarkets

The French garden market has withstood the coronavirus crisis reasonably well if the sales trend is taken as a basis. From …

News9. October 2020

COO, Canada and others

Home Depot picks new appointees for top five positions

Home Depot, the largest home improvement retailer in the world, has picked new appointees for five posts in the company …

News8. October 2020

Ken Hughes on the Global DIY Network

The new values: freedom, attachment, community and digital step-jump

Yesterday, 6 October 2020, the Global DIY Network launched its online programme with an introductory p…

News7. October 2020

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 …

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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

Clas Ohlson also makes less online in September

Kingfisher starts sale of shares to employees

Malaysian home improvement growth projections pared down

Brico Dépôt Iberia launches scan and go app

DIY stores slightly in the minus up to July in Italy

Taiwan Hardware Show opens its doors for three days today

Covid lockdown wipes out Mr. DIY’s same store sales

French garden market grows in spite of supermarkets

Home Depot picks new appointees for top five positions

The new values: freedom, attachment, community and digital step-jump

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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