Clas Ohlson is eight per cent up after nine months
The Swedish retail chain Clas Ohlson has completed the third quarter of its financial year - i.e. November 2018 to January 2019 - with an increase in sales of 6 per cent to SEK 2.746 bn. In local currency the increase …
Pesticide
Kingfisher removes metaldehyde from its 1 200 stores
Kingfisher announces it will stop selling products that contain metaldehyde across its 1 200 stores and replace them with …
Only until the end of this week
Early bird offer for the Global DIY Summit in Dublin is coming to an end
The early bird offer for the 7th Global DIY Summit in Dublin ends this week. The organisers are offering an…
Bricomarché, Brico Cash and Bricorama
French DIY stores by Les Mousquetaires grow by 2.8 per cent
The DIY store division of the French group Les Mousquetaires, with its sales channels Bricomarché, Brico Cash und …
Overall sales
Obi makes around EUR 7.7 bn in 2018
Obi, DIY operator number 1 in Germany and number 3 in Europe, achieved gross sales of around EUR 7.7 bn in 2018, according to reports from the c…
Kingfisher
Romanian Praktiker stores are converted to Brico Dépôt
The 20 Praktiker stores in Romania, which belong to the British Kingfisher group, are now being converted to the Brico Dépôt …
Growing abroad
Mr. Bricolage sales down by three per cent in France
The French franchise group Mr. Bricolage ended 2018 with a decline in sales of 2.4 per cent. Its 764 stores recorded sales …
New sections at NHS 2019
Tiny Living, Impulse Aisle, and Retail Service Solutions
The organisers of the National Hardware Show, the 74th edition of which runs from 7 to 9 May 2019 in Las Vegas, are once …
True Value
Keynote by John Hartmann at the National Hardware Show
The True Value company president and CEO, John Hartmann, will appear as a keynote speaker at the upcoming National Hardware …
Travis Perkins
Toolstation to open pilot stores in Belgium in 2019
The British Travis Perkins Group is looking to expand into Belgium this year with its Toolstation distribution channel. It …