Mr. DIY announced its first location in South Africa
The first Mr. DIY store in South Africa will be located in a wealthy suburban district in Pretoria, the country’s administrative capital, an official of the company said. In a Linkedin post confirming that Mr. DIY…
Annual report
Philippines’ AllHome marks third year of losses in 2024
AllHome Corp., a Philippine home improvement retail chain with 72 stores that is owned by the country’s richest man, marked …
Group and Germany
Further personnel changes at Husqvarna
The revolving door at the Husqvarna Group continues: Leigh Dagberg, Executive Vice President People & Organisation, is leaving the compan…
"Relatively soon"
Hornbach prepares further international expansion
The German DIY store group Hornbach is preparing to enter the market in another country. At the annual press conference, Albrecht …
Former Home Depot employee
Obi now has a sales counsellor
Joey Constantino will join the German DIY store chain Obi on 1 July in a newly created international role as sales counsellor. He brings 23 years of …
Despite a good start and new markets
Hornbach expects slight increase for this year at best
The German DIY store group Hornbach confirmed the figures for the 2024/2025 financial year (ending 28 February 2025) that it …
USA
Lowe’s sales down 2.3 per cent in the first quarter
The US home improvement retailer Lowe's reported its results for the first quarter of 2025, which ended 2 May 2025. Total …
First quarter
Non-food discounter Action grows by 17 per cent
Net sales at non-food discounter Action rose by 17.2 per cent to EUR 3.5 bn in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same …
Yougov/Galaxus survey
Majority of Europeans want to boycott US products
The majority of Europeans are considering boycotting US products. More than 60 percent of consumers want to buy more European …
First quarter of 2025
Home Depot increases sales by 9.4 per cent
Home Depot today reported sales of USD 39.9 bn for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, an increase of 9.4 per cent compared to …