Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

New bidders enter the fray

Steinhoff also targets Home Retail Group without Homebase

Another interested party has expressed a desire to buy the British Home Retail Group. The separate sale of the company's DIY subsidiary Homebase to the Wesfarmers Group from Australia and its DIY chain Bunnings is not …

News23. February 2016

Sales 2015

Canadian Tire ends the year on an upward trend

The franchise group Canadian Tire ended last year with sales of CAD 6.5323 bn. This equates to 2.4 per cent growth compared with the …

News23. February 2016

PMR report

DIY retail market in the CEE declined again in 2015

The DIY retail market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) contracted for the second year in a row in 2015, shrinking by 11.7 per…

News22. February 2016

Figures 2015

Rona achieves 3.1 per cent growth in same-store sales

With sales revenues of CAD 4.2333 bn, the Canadian DIY market leaderRona achieved a 3.3 per cent plus last year. This growth …

News19. February 2016

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…

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

Obi

The Masterplan store

More franchising, more professional business, more beavers – in short, more customer experience: …

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Yueh-Chi, a versatile expert in pneumatic tools

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Anything but pessimistic

Obi’s Head of Purchasing, Jochen Ludwig, speaks at this year’s IVG Forum Gartenmarkt. He says: ‘The…

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Over 30 years’ experience

Yueh-Chi, a versatile expert in pneumatic tools

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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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Obi

The Masterplan store

More franchising, more professional business, more beavers – in short, more customer experience: …

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Steinhoff also targets Home Retail Group without Homebase

Canadian Tire ends the year on an upward trend

DIY retail market in the CEE declined again in 2015

Rona achieves 3.1 per cent growth in same-store sales

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

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Yueh-Chi, a versatile expert in pneumatic tools

Anything but pessimistic

Yueh-Chi, a versatile expert in pneumatic tools

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