Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

2017

Obi Russia builds on its own land

The German DIY store operator Obi will build two stores by 2017 and later another four outlets on its own land in Russia. To date Obi Russia has opened its stores there mainly on leased plots.The company currently has …

News23. June 2016

B&Q in Bristol

Kingfisher opens the first of four concept stores in the group

Kingfisher has opened the first of four concept stores, in which the group aims to test a combination of the best …

News22. June 2016

Great Britain

Tesco sells Dobbies Garden Centres to an investor group

The British supermarket chain Tesco is selling its Dobbies Garden Centres business to an investor group led by Midlothian …

News21. June 2016

USP

DIFM or DIY? The ratios remain steady in Europe

Roughly a third of European home improvement jobs are so-called DIFM jobs - do-it-for-me. The proportion varies from one country to …

News20. June 2016

2015

More sales, but also even more stores in Japan

The Japanese DIY industry found its way back to growth in 2015. DIY stores in the country made sales of JPY 3,953 bn, which is 0.69 …

News17. June 2016

European retail

Ten per cent less retail space in 15 years

Catella Research forecasts a drop in sales area in European retail of around ten per cent by 2030. There is currently around 590 mio …

News16. June 2016

First quarter

Bricorama grows in France and loses in Benelux

With sales of € 166.1 mio in the first quarter of 2016, the French DIY store operator Bricorama has exceeded the corresponding …

News15. June 2016

Figures 2015

Adeo Group increases sales by 3.5 per cent

The Adeo Group, the largest DIY store group in France and Europe, achieved sales of € 17.6 bn in 2015. That is around 3.5 per cent more …

News14. June 2016

USP figures 2015

Europeans spent more on home improvement

Spending by European private households on home improvement went up by 4.3 per cent last year. In total the Dutch market research company …

News14. June 2016

50 Years Euro Shop

International career made in Düsseldorf

This year the retail trade fair, Euro Shop, looks back at its 50-year history. It first took place in Düsseldorf back in 1966 from 11 to 15 …

News10. June 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

Obi Russia builds on its own land

Kingfisher opens the first of four concept stores in the group

Tesco sells Dobbies Garden Centres to an investor group

DIFM or DIY? The ratios remain steady in Europe

More sales, but also even more stores in Japan

Ten per cent less retail space in 15 years

Bricorama grows in France and loses in Benelux

Adeo Group increases sales by 3.5 per cent

Europeans spent more on home improvement

International career made in Düsseldorf

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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