Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Garden fairs in Louisville

The 2007 GIE+Expo events numbered over 21 000 participants

News12. November 2007

Market entry in Ukraine

Launch of Ukraine’s first Praktiker store in Donezk on 29 November 2007

News12. November 2007

Retailing in deficit

Canadian Tire Retail announces third quarter sales and profit down

News9. November 2007

Buyers' day in Paris

Unibal issues invitation to the Russian DIY group, Baucenter

News9. November 2007

Roughly like 2006

For the full year 2007 Zeus expects net turnover to correspond to the level achieved in 2006 with some slight increases

News8. November 2007

Worlds of gardening and leisure

This year’s Glee displayed improvements in terms of a new hall layout and making it easier for visitors to track down environmentally friendly …

Events7. November 2007

Trademark orange

It is 40 years since Fiskars launched its first scissors with plastic handles. Orange was not the colour originally intended for them, but it became the trademark

Suppliers7. November 2007

Retailers see off the worst

After a difficult few years the British DIY market has regained some of its former strength, and is now moving ahead with a renewed sense of optimism

Distribution7. November 2007

Croatia now Obi territory

The German franchise group opened its first DIY store in Croatia in July of this year. The intention is to build up a country-wide network of outlets over…

Distribution7. November 2007