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Double-digit sales growth

Foreign countries ensure top results for Hornbach

The German DIY store operator Hornbach increased its sales at home and abroad last year by a total of EUR 230 mio, which is a rise of 5.3 per cent compared to 2016. This means that the number three in Germany has gained…

News5. March 2018

Expansion abroad

Toolstation growing in the Netherlands and France

Toolstation, the small format and trade distribution line of the British Travis Perkins group, is expanding outside the UK. In F…

News2. March 2018

Fiscal year 2017/2018

Lowe‘s increases comparable sales by 4.0 per cent

Lowe's increased its sales in fiscal 2017/2018 (ended 2 February 2018) to USD 68.619 bn. The figure represents an increase of 5.5 …

News1. March 2018

Travis Perkins

Wickes loses momentum, Toolstation ramps up

The consumer division of British builders' merchants group Travis Perkins, comprising the Wickes store chain and the small format and …

News1. March 2018

International Hardware Fair

Dutch Prince to race on the Batavia stand

A right royal International Hardware Fair in Cologne: the Dutch Prince Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenoven will open the …

News1. March 2018

Statistik Baumarkt + Garten D-A-CH 2018

Bauhaus sales show strongest growth abroad

Bauhaus, the number two home improvement retailer in Germany, increased its sales at home and abroad by 1.4 per cent to 4.53 bn euros l…

News28. February 2018

Only in the USA at present

Amazon branches out into plants

Amazon is digging deeper into the plant business. The online giant has now set up the Amazon Plants Store. Although the company has been selling …

News27. February 2018

AMA Research

Slight increase for paint, wallcoverings and woodcare

The market for paint, wallcoverings and woodcare products in the UK was worth an estimated GBP 925 mio in 2017. An upturn in …

News26. February 2018

Groupe Adeo

DIY Lifetime Award 2018 goes to Damien Delaplanque

The Global DIY Lifetime Award 2018 goes to Damien Delaplanque who was CEO at Groupe Adeo until last year. The prize will be …

News23. February 2018

Five more countries

Mr. Bricolage expands its involvement in Africa

Mr. Bricolage is planning further expansion in Africa. There are to be locations in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Togo with t…

News22. February 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

Foreign countries ensure top results for Hornbach

Toolstation growing in the Netherlands and France

Lowe‘s increases comparable sales by 4.0 per cent

Wickes loses momentum, Toolstation ramps up

Dutch Prince to race on the Batavia stand

Bauhaus sales show strongest growth abroad

Amazon branches out into plants

Slight increase for paint, wallcoverings and woodcare

DIY Lifetime Award 2018 goes to Damien Delaplanque

Mr. Bricolage expands its involvement in Africa

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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