Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Stable in the Nordics

Clas Ohlson’s sales decrease by two per cent in December

Clas Ohlson's total sales in December decreased by 2 per cent to SEK 1.285 bn (EUR 122 mio), corresponding to an organic decrease of 2 per cent compared to the preceding year, the Swedish retail chains says. Sales in …

News16. January 2020

Professionals and consumers

Considerable demand for eco building materials

Awareness of and demand for ecological building materials and products varies considerably between European countries. In Norway, …

Distribution16. January 2020

Returning to the former site

The CIHS will be brought forward by two months to August

In future, the China International Hardware Show (CIHS) will take place two months earlier and is returning to its earlier …

News15. January 2020

Enrique Gundermann's successor

Alejandro Arze new CEO of Falabella’s home improvement business

Falabella's home improvement business gets a new boss as its current CEO Enrique Gundermann will be the chairman of …

News14. January 2020

Switzerland

Thomas Spichtig is new Jumbo boss

Thomas Spichtig is the new head of the Swiss DIY store chain Jumbo. He moved from Samsung Electronics in November where he had been active for …

News13. January 2020

January to September

Sales up at Italian home improvement stores

Home improvement stores in Italy recorded total sales amounting to EUR 3.5 bn in the period from January to September 2019. The figure …

News10. January 2020

Adeo

Zôdio exits Brazil

The French outfit Groupe Adeo closed its Zôdio store in Brazil at the end of 2019. It opened its sole Brazilian store in this distribution channel in São Paulo …

News9. January 2020