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DIY chains have the most popular online shops – unless Amazon has a presence

Where Amazon exists, it features strongly in the home improvement category. To be more precise, in the countries on which Amazon focuses - or in which eBay is also prominent - it is squeezing out the online shops of the…

News13. March 2018

Bunnings half-year report

Strong growth in Australia, big downturn in the UK

Strong growth in Australia and New Zealand, a spiralling decline in Great Britain and Ireland: this is the picture presented by …

News12. March 2018

Up 9 per cent

The International Hardware Fair significantly increases visitor numbers

With more than 47 000 trade visitors (up 9 per cent), Eisenwarenmesse - International Hardware Fair in …

News9. March 2018

Figures 2017

Hagebau retail trade above the average in sales

Last year, the German cooperative Hagebau increased its retail sales by 2.9 per cent (EUR 86 mio) to a total of EUR 3.054 bn. At hom…

News9. March 2018

Thailand

Home Pro grows by five percent in 2017

The Thai chain of DIY stores Home Pro increased its sales income in the past year by 5.20 per cent to THB 59.88832 bn (EUR 1.56 bn). Stores …

News8. March 2018

BHB figures 2017

Swiss DIY stores achieve an increase of 0.5 per cent

Companies in the DIY trade in Switzerland made total gross sales of CHF 2.33 bn in financial year 2017. That is a growth of 0.…

News8. March 2018

BHB figures

DIY stores in Austria grow in 2017 by two and a half per cent

The DIY store trade in Austria made total gross sales of EUR 2.53 bn in financial year 2017, thus achieving growth of …

News7. March 2018

18.45 billion euros

DIY stores in Germany grow in 2017 by 1.1 per cent

The DIY store trade in Germany achieved gross sales to the amount of EUR 18.45 bn in 2017 and thus an increase in sales of 1.1 …

News6. March 2018

South America

Cencosud grows by three per cent with home improvement

Despite a decline in the Chilean domestic market, the trade company Cencosud closed last year with an increase in sales of 3.…

News6. March 2018

Dähne Verlag

Increase in sales by German home improvement retailers

2017 was a relatively quiet year for home improvement retailers in Germany. Sales in the domestic and foreign markets …

News5. March 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

DIY chains have the most popular online shops – unless Amazon has a presence

Strong growth in Australia, big downturn in the UK

The International Hardware Fair significantly increases visitor numbers

Hagebau retail trade above the average in sales

Home Pro grows by five percent in 2017

Swiss DIY stores achieve an increase of 0.5 per cent

DIY stores in Austria grow in 2017 by two and a half per cent

DIY stores in Germany grow in 2017 by 1.1 per cent

Cencosud grows by three per cent with home improvement

Increase in sales by German home improvement retailers

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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