Placemakers sees itself as the market leader for supplies to the building trade in New Zealand. The company is also positioned in the DIY business, where it achieves around 18 per cent of total turnover
Tendence: “Reflection of the current market situation”
Markedly fewer exhibitors and visitors were in evidence at Tendence and Collectione, held in parallel
Best DIY store in the Netherlands
Once again Hornbach is top favourite with Dutch consumers
Declining demand in building sector
Housing completions in the UK went down by 20 per cent in 2008; recovery is expected in early 2010 at the latest
RFID instead of bar codes
Fitt, an Italian manufacturer of garden hoses, has inaugurated a new logistics centre not far from company headquarters. It works with modern c…
Fair with thematic parks
Spoga will for the first time include a “Park of grill & bbq”, a “Park of garden furniture” and a “Park of beach & watersports”
Change in Poland
Michael Trapp has moved to the head of Praktiker Polska
Glass house in Italy
Ikea has opened its first Italian premises with the new concept for house-plants
Continuous growth
The Hornbach DIY stores succeeded in increasing their sales by almost 5 per cent in the first quarter
Shrinking sales
In 2008 the Canadian retail home improvement market recorded a drop in sales for the first time in over ten years