Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Wolseley Group

Boss of Stark, Søren P. Olesen now also CEO of DT Group

The DT Group, the largest building material retailer in the Nordic region, has a new CEO: Heading the company, which belongs to the British Wolseley Group, for the next twelve months is Søren P. Olesen. At the same time…

News19. February 2016

CEE markets 2015

Decline for the second year in a row

In 2015, the DIY retail market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) saw an 11.7 per cent year-on-year decline in value terms. It fell for a …

Distribution19. February 2016

Plus 7.4 per cent

Bricorama had a year marked by growth

"A year marked by growth" is the headline of Bricorama's stock exchange notification for the business year 2015. The French DIY s…

News18. February 2016

January 2016

Clas Ohlsen records five per cent increase in nine months

Clas Ohlsen turned over SEK 6.098 bn in the first nine months of the financial year 2015/2016 (May to January). Resulting …

News17. February 2016

Videolux Holding

Praktiker stores in Bulgaria to be modernised

The owner of the Bulgarian Praktiker stores, the Videolux Holding wants to modernise the nine stores and set up new store locations. …

News16. February 2016

Kesko

Building and home improvement trade starts like-for-like in plus

The sales of the building and home improvement trade of the Finnish trading group Kesko increased by 1.4 per cent …

News15. February 2016

2015 plus 1.5 per cent

The green market is once again back to the level of 2012

In 2015, the German garden market topped the sales level of the record year 2012 for the first time. The market volume grew…

News12. February 2016

Despite increase in Finland

Kesko’s building and home improvement trade lose sales

The Finnish Kesko Group achieved net sales of € 2.370 bn last year in the building and home improvement trade. That's …

News11. February 2016

ADFB

Spanish DIY stores’ revenue increases by seven per cent

The DIY stores in Spain increased their like-for-like sales by seven per cent last year. This was announced by the ADFB …

News10. February 2016

Out now

The new issue of DIY International

The latest issue of the specialist magazine DIY International, including a regional report on Russia, is out now. The Russian market is also …

News9. February 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

Boss of Stark, Søren P. Olesen now also CEO of DT Group

Decline for the second year in a row

Bricorama had a year marked by growth

Clas Ohlsen records five per cent increase in nine months

Praktiker stores in Bulgaria to be modernised

Building and home improvement trade starts like-for-like in plus

The green market is once again back to the level of 2012

Kesko’s building and home improvement trade lose sales

Spanish DIY stores’ revenue increases by seven per cent

The new issue of DIY International

Exclusively for subscribers

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