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Les Mousquetaires

Six per cent increase for Bricomarché and Brico Cash

The DIY division of the French retail group Les Mousquetaires recorded sales of around EUR 2.6 bn with its distribution channels Bricomarché and Brico Cash last year, equivalent to an increase of six per cent. According…

News15. March 2017

Trade association

Edra marks its 15th anniversary

The European DIY retailers' body Edra (European DIY Retail Association) celebrates its 15th birthday this year. Established in 2002 at the …

News15. March 2017

London

B&Q opens first smaller format store

Last Friday, 10 March 2017, the British DIY chain B&Q opened its first smaller format store. The trial store is located on the Holloway …

News14. March 2017

2016

DIY sector in Switzerland stagnates

DIY retailing in Switzerland declined by 0.3 per cent to CHF 2.31 bn in 2016, following a sales downturn of 1.5 per cent in the previous year. …

News14. March 2017

After Hornbach

Leroy Merlin Romania also only wants wood with FSC or PEFC certification

Leroy Merlin Romania announces the interruption of collaborations with suppliers of wood products that do …

News14. March 2017

2016 figures

German DIY retailing grows by 1.5 per cent

Sales in the German DIY trade increased by 1.5 per cent to a volume of EUR 18.24 bn in 2016. In like-for-like terms, the increase was 0.…

News13. March 2017

Like-for-like 3.9 per cent

Austrian DIY stores up 2.4 per cent

In Austria, DIY retailers saw sales growth of 2.4 per cent to EUR 2.46 bn and like-for-like growth of 3.9 per cent last year. These figures were…

News13. March 2017

South America

Devaluation is corroding Cencosud’s sales increase

The Chilean trading company Cencosud made sales of CLP 1 294 bn in its home improvement division last year. This is a drop in …

News10. March 2017

Romania

Arabesque launches the new Mathaus retail format

Arabesque, the main distributor of building materials and finishing in Romania, today, 9 March 2017, opens the first store under t…

News9. March 2017

Successor to Isabelle Pleska

Miroslaw Huczek is new CEO of Praktiker Romania

Praktiker Romania has a new CEO. Miroslaw Huczek (43) took on this role in March. He replaces Isabelle Pleska who left the …

News9. March 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

Six per cent increase for Bricomarché and Brico Cash

Edra marks its 15th anniversary

B&Q opens first smaller format store

DIY sector in Switzerland stagnates

Leroy Merlin Romania also only wants wood with FSC or PEFC certification

German DIY retailing grows by 1.5 per cent

Austrian DIY stores up 2.4 per cent

Devaluation is corroding Cencosud’s sales increase

Arabesque launches the new Mathaus retail format

Miroslaw Huczek is new CEO of Praktiker Romania

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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