Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Seeking a successor

Kingfisher CFO Karen Witts to leave the company

Karen Witts, Chief Financial Officer, will leave Kingfisher after six years on the board, to join Compass Group plc as Group Chief Financial Officer. A successor is being sought. Witts will be remaining in her position …

News23. October 2018

Omer Susli

New chain Homelux on the starting lines in Romania

In Romania the market launch of a new home improvement trader is pending. The new chain is called Homelux. Behind it is Omer …

News22. October 2018

Nordics

Byggmax laments sales downturn due to hot summer

A marked downturn in sales has been reported by the Swedish Byggmax Group for the third quarter. Compared with the previous year, …

News19. October 2018

Johannesburg

Leroy Merlin opens first store in South Africa

Leroy Merlin has opened its first DIY store in South Africa, in the north-east of Johannesburg. The indoor sales floor covers 8 600 m…

News18. October 2018

Organised by ITE Group

More positive response from the industry to Glee

More 'big players' than ever before attended this year's Glee show at the start of September in Birmingham (Great Britain). Almost …

News18. October 2018

Plant fair

Belgium is the partner country of IPM Essen 2019

From January 22 to 25, 2019, the role as partner country of the international plant fair IPM Essen (Germany) will be bestowed on …

News17. October 2018

May to September

New stores boost Clas Ohlson sales by nine per cent

The Swedish hardware store chain Clas Ohlson has reported a sales increase for September of six per cent compared with September…

News16. October 2018

1.4 per cent

Kesko up in third quarter

Despite a slight dip in September, Kesko's building and technical trade ended the third quarter with sales up by 1.4 per cent. In the three months under …

News16. October 2018