Plans are in hand to give suppliers of branded products at Spoga+Gafa 2008 an opportunity to display their goods additionally in different trend, thematic and lifestyle worlds
Platform for innovative lighting solutions
Around 1 500 suppliers will be represented in the lighting section of Light+Building
Aim: doubling of market share
Praktiker intends to "crowd out" the competition in Germany; new openings to be increasingly abroad
Sale of garden business
Home Depot has sold its Landscape Supply stores to Ram Realty
Makita Group acquires Fuji Robin
Makita is using the acquisition specifically to expand its motorised equipment segment
Poor quarter
Canadian Tire Retail realized 0.4 per cent more than the previous year in the fourth quarter
Slight sales decline
Net retail sales at Zeus went down by 0.2 per cent altogether in 2007
New DIY market study
The new edition of the Fediyma World DIY Report provides up-to-date facts and figures on the global DIY market
The world market in figures
The world DIY market achieved gross sales of € 400 bn in 2006, according to the latest world market report from Fediyma
Positive start to the season
The IPM attracted about 60 000 visitors to Essen, which is more than a year ago. The exhibitors display great satisfaction