Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

January to March

Bunnings loses dramatically in Great Britain and Ireland

The Australian Wesfarmers Group reports continued dramatically declining sales for the involvement of its Bunnings subsidiary in Great Britain and Ireland. In the third quarter of the financial year, i.e. from January …

News30. April 2018

Expansion

Hornbach now with seven stores in Switzerland

The German DIY store chain Hornbach has now opened its seventh store in Switzerland. The location in Affoltern am Albis covers Greater…

News30. April 2018

Market in 2017

British spending on plants shoots up

The market for garden plants in Great Britain reached a volume of GBP 1.424 bn in 2017. Of this figure, bedding plants accounted for GBP 606 mi…

News27. April 2018

Financial report 2017

Slight drop in number of stores operating under the True Value logo

At the end of 2017, the number of independent-retailer-operated stores belonging to the True Value cooperative, …

News26. April 2018

Growth below target

Home Pro feeling economic differences in the regions

The home improvement store chain Home Pro is experiencing varying levels of regional success with its stores in Thailand. …

News25. April 2018

Press report

Rapid sell-off of Bunnings UK expected

Wesfarmers is reported to have asked potential buyers of its British and Irish Homebase and Bunnings stores to submit initial takeover bids, …

News24. April 2018

Fallout from high quarterly downturn

Byggmax aims to grow primarily through garden and e-commerce

In its recently published quarterly report Byggmax confirmed the roughly 15 per cent downturn in sales between January …

News23. April 2018

Kingfisher

B&Q gets another distribution centre

Kingfisher is building a new B&Q distribution centre (DC) in Swindon. The new site is aimed at improving efficiencies within the B&Q …

News20. April 2018

Europe

Except in Germany, the parquet market grows in the first quarter

The overall mood is positive in the European parquet market according to the European Federation of the Parquet …

News20. April 2018

DIY International 2/2018

Giroldi’s theories and a big regional report Spain in the new journal

"Brands - and I'm talking of supplier brands - will play an increasingly important role in the future.…

News19. April 2018

Edra/Ghin

Recycling more together

With a new strategy from the Make It Zero initiative, the DIY sector aims to reduce emissions from …

Distribution

WD-40

The first of its kind

The WD-40 Company Limited is launching an Ecolabel-certified multi-purpose lubricant in Europe.

Suppliers

Aveve

Moving away from 'one-size-fits-all'

In Bornem, the garden centre chain Aveve has unveiled its new shop concept, with which the parent …

Garden

WD-40

The first of its kind

The WD-40 Company Limited is launching an Ecolabel-certified multi-purpose lubricant in Europe.

Suppliers5. August 2026

Edra/Ghin

Recycling more together

With a new strategy from the Make It Zero initiative, the DIY sector aims to reduce emissions from …

Distribution4. August 2026

Private Labels in European DIY

Changing rules of the game

Own-brand products aren’t the problem, says Fiorella Origlia; being replaceable is. The former …

Suppliers29. July 2026

Bunnings loses dramatically in Great Britain and Ireland

Hornbach now with seven stores in Switzerland

British spending on plants shoots up

Slight drop in number of stores operating under the True Value logo

Home Pro feeling economic differences in the regions

Rapid sell-off of Bunnings UK expected

Byggmax aims to grow primarily through garden and e-commerce

B&Q gets another distribution centre

Except in Germany, the parquet market grows in the first quarter

Giroldi’s theories and a big regional report Spain in the new journal

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Recycling more together

The first of its kind

Moving away from 'one-size-fits-all'

The first of its kind

Recycling more together

Changing rules of the game