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Growth phase in UK home improvement market comes to an end

The UK home improvement multiples market was worth around GBP 7.2bn in value terms (retail selling prices) in 2015, following an increase of around four per cent in 2015. Overall market conditions have improved in …

News22. September 2016

United Kingdom

Market conditions have improved

The UK home improvement multiples market was worth around GBP 7.2bn in value terms (RSP) in 2015, following an increase of around four per cent …

Distribution22. September 2016

February to July

Increase in adjusted sales at Kingfisher

The British DIY group Kingfisher posted sales amounting to GBP 5.749 bn between February and July. The figure is 6.8 per cent up on the …

News21. September 2016

Kesko

Building and home improvement trade on the up

Kesko recorded strong growth in August. The sales of the building and home improvement trade increased by 10.1 per cent in local …

News20. September 2016

Taiwan

Testrite has fewer Hola stores in China

The Taiwanese Testrite Group now operates only 33 Hola stores in China. At the end of 2015 it still had 38 stores under the Hola brand, with…

News19. September 2016

Russia

Metrika sells more stores in Saint Petersburg

Metrika, only recently one of the market leaders in Russia, has to close its DIY stores in Saint Petersburg. Seven branches in the n…

News16. September 2016

Hamburg-Altona

The second German Clas Ohlson opens

The Swedish trading company Clas Ohlson has opened its second store in Germany. The second location, as with the first, is situated in Hamburg. …

News16. September 2016

James K. Han

Lowe’s appoints new senior vice president of business development

James K. Han is the new senior vice president of business development at Lowe's, the US DIY store operator. He …

News15. September 2016

First half of 2016

Ace hardware stores make 2.4 per cent more sales

An increase in retail same-store-sales of 2.4 per cent in the first half of the year is reported by around 3 000 hardware …

News14. September 2016

LowBot

Lowe’s puts robots to use in eleven stores

After a pilot project, which was started two years ago, Lowe's is now extending the use of robots across the shop floor. This autumn, the…

News13. September 2016

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

Growth phase in UK home improvement market comes to an end

Market conditions have improved

Increase in adjusted sales at Kingfisher

Building and home improvement trade on the up

Testrite has fewer Hola stores in China

Metrika sells more stores in Saint Petersburg

The second German Clas Ohlson opens

Lowe’s appoints new senior vice president of business development

Ace hardware stores make 2.4 per cent more sales

Lowe’s puts robots to use in eleven stores

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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