Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

First quarter

Home Depot announces nine per cent growth

Home Depot has completed the first quarter of its financial year 2016/2017 (ending 1 May 2016) with an increase in sales of 9.0 per cent compared to the same period last year. The US and global market leader in the DIY …

News24. May 2016

USA

Lowe’s grows by almost eight per cent

Lowe's achieved sales of USD 15.234 bn in the first quarter of its financial year 2016/2017 (ending 29 April 2016), therefore gaining an …

News24. May 2016

Market entry

Clas Ohlson is now in Germany and has brought along Queen Silvia

Clas Ohlson now has a store in Germany. In Hamburg, the Swedish company has opened a store with a retail space of 1…

News23. May 2016

Leading garden fair

Change of halls improves access routes at Spoga+Gafa 2016

There is to be a change in the hall layout for this year's Spoga+Gafa in Cologne. The move of Spoga Horse Herbst, which is…

News20. May 2016

DIY pioneer

Bauhaus founder Heinz Georg Baus passes away

The German DIY chain Bauhaus is mourning the death of founder Heinz Georg Baus, who has passed away at the age of 82. In 1960 Heinz …

News20. May 2016

Further growth

Kesko's sales increased in April

Kesko Group's sales in April 2016 totalled € 810.7 mio and were up 6.1 per cent. In comparable terms, sales increased by 2.5 per cent in local …

News18. May 2016

First quarter

Sales in Hagebau stores up by less than one per cent

Sales in Hagebau stores in Germany and Austria totalled € 441.8 mio in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 0.7 per …

News17. May 2016

Competition Bureau

Lowe's takeover of Rona given the green light

The American DIY chain Lowe's has been given the go-ahead for its takeover of Rona. The company has announced that it has been granted…

News17. May 2016

Fiscal 2015/2016

Clas Ohlson increases sales by four per cent

The Swedish retail company Clas Ohlson increased its revenue by 4 per cent to SEK 7.602 bn for the preceding financial year (May 2015 …

News13. May 2016

Mr. Bricolage

The French company expands in Albania and Kosovo

The French DIY retail group Mr. Bricolage is continuing its expansion plans abroad. Currently a market launch in Albania and Kosovo…

News11. May 2016

Obi

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Taiwan’s hand tool industry

A mature, export-oriented manufacturing sector

Taiwanese hand tool manufacturers are concentrated primarily in the Taichung region. This …

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Home Depot announces nine per cent growth

Lowe’s grows by almost eight per cent

Clas Ohlson is now in Germany and has brought along Queen Silvia

Change of halls improves access routes at Spoga+Gafa 2016

Bauhaus founder Heinz Georg Baus passes away

Kesko's sales increased in April

Sales in Hagebau stores up by less than one per cent

Lowe's takeover of Rona given the green light

Clas Ohlson increases sales by four per cent

The French company expands in Albania and Kosovo

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Yueh-Chi, a versatile expert in pneumatic tools

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