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DIY International

Current edition with major regional report on Italy

The latest edition of the trade journal DIY International has now been published with a major regional report on Italy. Fourteen pages of analyses, commentaries and reports inform readers about the situation on the …

News3. November 2017

Romanian market leader

Dedeman drops plans for Moldova

The Romanian DIY market leader is evidently giving up its plans to expand into the Republic of Moldova and invest USD 20 mio there. This is …

News2. November 2017

After less than four years

Clas Ohlson leaves Dubai again

Clas Ohlson pulls out of Dubai again. The Swedish trading company and its franchisee SYH Retail, an Al Homaizi Group company, have jointly decided to…

News30. October 2017

No significant expansion

Bunnings plans smaller-format stores in the UK

Bunnings plans to open smaller-format stores as part of its pilot programme in the UK, but not until later in the year, according to …

News27. October 2017

Sales up in Australia

Bunnings sustaining big sales losses with Homebase stores

Bunnings continues to grow strongly in its domestic market in Australia and in New Zealand, but is suffering huge sales …

News26. October 2017

Falabella

Sodimac’s sales down in its domestic market in Chile

Sodimac, the home improvement division of retail group Falabella, recorded sales of CLP 1 028 833 mio in the first six months o…

News25. October 2017

International Hardware Fair

European DIY retailing: first six months’ sales only slightly up on previous year

Sales by DIY retailers in Europe in the first six months of the year "only slightly exceeded …

News24. October 2017

82 stores

Liquidation sales started at Sears Canada

Sears Canada is closing its remaining department stores and Home stores. The liquidation sales have started in the last week. There are 74…

News23. October 2017

Travis Perkins

Toolstation is growing much more strongly than Wickes

The consumer division of the British Travis Perkins Group, with the chain of DIY stores Wickes and the small format and mail …

News20. October 2017

Interim report

Skånska Byggvaror curbs Byggmax’s growth

The Swedish Byggmax group has closed the third quarter with net sales of SEK 1.8128 bn and an increase of 2.5 per cent. Net sales for …

News19. October 2017

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

Current edition with major regional report on Italy

Dedeman drops plans for Moldova

Clas Ohlson leaves Dubai again

Bunnings plans smaller-format stores in the UK

Bunnings sustaining big sales losses with Homebase stores

Sodimac’s sales down in its domestic market in Chile

European DIY retailing: first six months’ sales only slightly up on previous year

Liquidation sales started at Sears Canada

Toolstation is growing much more strongly than Wickes

Skånska Byggvaror curbs Byggmax’s growth

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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