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Travis Perkins

Wickes starts the year 2018 with declines

The consumer division of the British Travis Perkins Group, which includes the DIY store chain Wickes and the small store and professional sales channel Toolstation, has started the year badly. In the first quarter, its …

News3. May 2018

Near Stockholm

Clas Ohlson opens further Compact Store

The Swedish chain Clas Ohlson has opened another store in its Compact Store format which was introduced in 2016. The location in Märsta, …

News2. May 2018

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 …

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

Obi

The Masterplan store

More franchising, more professional business, more beavers – in short, more customer experience: …

Distribution

Kitchen furnishings

Kitchen furniture dominates the market

This is the conclusion reached by IFH Cologne. The management consultancy Titze, on the other hand…

Suppliers

german garden Retail sector

Anything but pessimistic

Obi’s Head of Purchasing, Jochen Ludwig, speaks at this year’s IVG Forum Gartenmarkt. He says: ‘The…

Garden

Obi

The Masterplan store

More franchising, more professional business, more beavers – in short, more customer experience: …

Distribution11. September 2026

Six years after a pandemic-ridden start

Modern home improvement retailing pioneer Ace Home Center Vietnam finds its footing

No one could have predicted that 22 November 2019 would end up being one of the worst possible …

Distribution10. September 2026

Consumers

Staying liquid

Financial savings are the main reasons why Europeans are opting for water-saving solutions. The …

Distribution9. September 2026

Wickes starts the year 2018 with declines

Clas Ohlson opens further Compact Store

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

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The Masterplan store

Kitchen furniture dominates the market

Anything but pessimistic

The Masterplan store

Modern home improvement retailing pioneer Ace Home Center Vietnam finds its footing

Staying liquid