Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Spanish trade show

Three quarters of Ferroforma already sold out

Roughly four months prior to the start of Ferroforma, 75 per cent of the exhibition area has already been reserved. The 22nd edition of the International Hardware, DIY and Industrial Supplies Fair will be held from 6 to…

News31. January 2017

Central sales record

Hagebaumarkt chain increases sales turnover for 2016 by 3.6 per cent

The net sales turnover of the Hagebaumarkt DIY chain in Germany and Austria in 2016 was € 2.15 bn (previous …

News30. January 2017

New key theme

Brexit and Trump at the Global DIY Summit in Berlin

The 5th Global DIY Summit, which is taking place at the start of June 2017, has updated the focus of its programme. The actual …

News27. January 2017

Chief marketing officer

Jocelyn Wong is now responsible for marketing at Lowe‘s

Jocelyn Wong is the new chief marketing officer at the US DIY store operator Lowe's. She joined Lowe's in September 2015 and…

News26. January 2017

2016

Byggmax is hardly growing in like-for-like terms

The Swedish DIY store operator Byggmax closed the year 2016 with sales of SEK 5.2193 bn. That was 26.3 per cent more than the …

News25. January 2017

After half a year

Byggmax gives up the new DYL - Design Your Living store concept

Byggmax will cease to follow its new store concept DYL - Design Your Living. The pilot store was only opened in June…

News25. January 2017

Foreign share rises

The Bau trade fair is becoming more international

The Bau trade fair, which took place in Munich (Germany) last week, has greatly increased its share of internationality. For the …

News24. January 2017

Finland

Kesko’s building and technical trade arm grew by 2.2 per cent in 2016

The building and technical trade division of the Finnish Kesko Group recorded sales of € 4.2086 bn last year. …

News23. January 2017

Marshall A. Croom

Lowe’s gets a new CFO

The new chief financial officer (CFO) of Lowe's is to be Marshall A. Croom (56). On 3 March he will succeed Robert F. (Bob) Hull Jr., who has announced that …

News20. January 2017