Groupe Adea also wants to establish its Zôdio sales line in Spain. So far, Zôdio is only in France with 22 subsidiaries and in Italy with three stores. There is currently only a Facebook page for Spain. The Spanish …
Textiles and home décor
Home Depot takes over the online retailer The Company Store
Home Depot announced today that it has acquired The Company Store, a leading online retailer of textiles and home décor …
Bicester
Bunnings opens smaller format store in the UK
Shortly before Christmas, Bunnings opened its first smaller format store in Great Britain. The store was set up at the former Homebase…
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Chief digital officer
Lowe's invests in digitalisation and creates a new management post
Lowe's has created the new position of senior vice president, chief digital officer in its management team. In …
Leroy Merlin
New store format in China
On 12 December Leroy Merlin China opened Decorating Company, a new small-format store, in a shopping centre in Kexing, five kilometres from Beijing, …
Building and technical trade
Adjusted Kesko sales increase in November
Adjusted for currency and retail area, the sales of the building and technical trade division of Finnish retail outfit Kesko increased by …
FMB and Opinionway
French DIYers rate DIY stores and their websites
In France, the bricks and mortar stores of the DIY store operators continue to be the preferred shopping destination of DIY …
PwC study
DIY globally weak in omni-channel terms but is catching up
The do-it-yourself and home improvement category is still one of the least developed product groups for omni-channel …
Future issues
Greek industry discusses at its tenth congress
The Greek industry met at the end of November at the 10th DIY & Home Improvement Conference at Maroussi Plaza Centre. 210 …