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Liquidation sales started at Sears Canada
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 Sears department stores and eight Sears Home stores.

News23. October 2017
Toolstation is growing much more strongly than Wickes
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
Skånska Byggvaror curbs Byggmax’s growth
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
Kesko's building and technical trade is up until September
Finland
Kesko's building and technical trade is up until September

Kesko made sales of € 1.1533 bn in its building and technical trade division in the third quarter. That is 9.4 per cent …

News18. October 2017
Rusta expands and rearranges logistics
Sweden, Norway, Germany
Rusta expands and rearranges logistics

The Swedish trading company Rusta wants to "increase the expansion rate significantly" in all markets, as CEO Goran Westerberg says…

News17. October 2017
Silvan to open up to ten new stores
Post-acquisition
Silvan to open up to ten new stores

The German investment company Aurelius Group, new owner of the Danish DIY store chain Silvan, has plans to expand the DIY chain. According to …

News16. October 2017
Coop Norge Handel to be integrated into parent company
Norway
Coop Norge Handel to be integrated into parent company

Coop Norge Handel AS will merge with its parent company Coop Norge SA during November. The merger implies a consolidation of …

News13. October 2017
Building supplies shopping centre burns to the ground
Moscow
Building supplies shopping centre burns to the ground

A large shopping centre in Moscow that specialised in building supplies has burned to the ground. The Sindika shopping centre …

News12. October 2017
Cashbuild opens first store in Zambia
Expansion
Cashbuild opens first store in Zambia

Cashbuild, southern Africa's leading building materials retailer, has opened a store in Kabwe, Zambia. This is Cashbuild's first store in Z…

News11. October 2017
Dehner builds another garden centre in Austria
Expansion
Dehner builds another garden centre in Austria

The German garden centre operator Dehner has announced another new opening in neighbouring Austria. Work on the new building has …

News10. October 2017
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Obi’s Head of Purchasing, Jochen Ludwig, speaks at this year’s IVG Forum Gartenmarkt. He says: ‘The…

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