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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 3.0 per cent to CLP 1 333.439 bn (EUR 1.805476 bn) in its home improvement division. The number …

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

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…

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

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

Cencosud grows by three per cent with home improvement

Increase in sales by German home improvement retailers

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

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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