Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Decorative and functional

Cool design or fanciful décor: whatever the style, Siro offers a broad palette of furniture fittings as well as many other products

Suppliers21. May 2007

Flamingo pet products turns 25

Flamingo, the Belgian company which has been in the marketplace since 1975, is today one of Europe’s major suppliers of pet products

Suppliers18. May 2007

Earlier than before

This year’s Hortifair in Amsterdam will take place in mid-October. The theme will be water and energy

News18. May 2007

Austria’s largest grouping

Austria is the only foreign country so far where Hagebau has any involvement. There the cooperative is growing at a double-digit rate, faster than …

Distribution18. May 2007

Challenge for retailers

The new European-wide legislation on chemical substances will enter into force on 1 June 2007. This will result in an increased need for communication in …

Distribution16. May 2007

Sales down in the retail segment

Home Depot sales increased overall by 0.6 per cent in the first quarter, but there was a 4.3 per cent decline in sales in the retail segment

News16. May 2007

Online offensive in Britain

DIY retailers in the United Kingdom are opening up the internet for online trading, thereby confirming its great potential as a channel of distribution

Distribution15. May 2007

Drop in profits at Rona

Canadian company reports a fall in profits of over 54 per cent for the first quarter

News15. May 2007

Serious challenges ahead

It is too early to say yet what Focus Do It All is going to do with the recently acquired Wickes stores. But even before it suddenly became a chain of over…

Distribution15. May 2007