Garden products account for an increasingly large proportion of the sales of German DIY stores. The share of garden ranges in the total sales of home improvement retailing in Germany rose by 27.6 per cent in the first …
Spain
Bricor increases sales and cuts losses
The Spanish DIY chain Bricor increased its sales last year by 1.7 per cent to € 110.59 mio. Although EBITDA also improved by 26.8 per cent, …
New strategy
Byggmax closes four stores in Finland and announces new ones
Byggmax is reorganising itself in Finland. The Swedish DIY store operator is closing 13 of its stores there and has …
Garden trade fair
“This year’s Spoga+Gafa was the best ever”
Spoga+Gafa 2017 saw record numbers of exhibitors and exhibition space this year while maintaining its number of visitors at the same time…
Annual report 2016/2017
New stores secure twelve percent growth for Cashbuild
The South African building materials supplier and DIY store company Cashbuild increased its sales in the last financial year …
Smart Homes
Nest Labs cooperates with Clas Ohlson
Nest Labs, a company that makes security products for safe homes, is now available on the Nordic market with Clas Ohlson as one of its …
In terms of population
The Swedish build the most homes, the Portuguese the least
In 2016, Switzerland and Norway were the European countries with the highest level of house-building activity in relation…
Koelnmesse
Industry learns about trends in the garden market at the Spoga+Gafa
There was no euphoria, but a largely satisfactory interest from visitors marked the first day of the Spoga+Gafa …
Second Quarter
Cencosud grows with home improvement only in Argentina
The Chilean trade company Cencosud made sales of CLP 317.692 bn in its home improvement division in the second quarter, 4.4 …
Positive thanks to first quarter
German DIY stores reach a plus of 1.6 per cent at the midyear point
The DIY store trade in Germany made total gross sales of € 9.59 bn in the first half year of 2017, thus gaining …