Available under the Demeyère group’s Idevolum brand name are flat-pack, built-in wardrobes which have been specifically designed to meet the requirements of DIY retailers
Internationally active
Soudal, the Belgian manufacturer of chemicals for the building sector, sees itself as a specialist supplier capable of solving all its customers’ p…
Compressive power
Mecafer was established in France in 1976, when one of its activities was assembling compressors for sale to the general public at a time when the DIY superstore …
DIY boom in Brazil
The Brazilian hypermarket industry is discovering a new trend – the market for DIY and home improvement products
Floorspace expansion in Austria
Hornbach has enlarged its DIY stores in Bad Fischau and Gerasdorf
New large-format concept
Baumax has reworked its megastore concept and implemented it for the first time in Stadlau. The core aspects are a larger building materials section and …
Briko Expo postponed
The premiere of the new Spanish DIY fair is not to until 2008
Misunderstanding or a question of definition?
Since the beginning of this year astonishing figures have been appearing in the trade press for the number of DIY stores in Austria, …
Acquisition-fuelled growth
Bricorama’s founder Jean-Claude Bourrelier has estab-lished the success of this French DIY group through deliberately making strategic a…
Expansion in area and price pressure
Heidi Biehl, DIY in Europe AustriaSince the German companies Hagebau, Hornbach, OBI and Praktiker entered the Austrian market in 1995, a …