Growth of 41 per cent is forecast for the next four years
Collective buying
DIYCO is set up by Max Bahr and Hellweg as a joint buying company
Growth of floorspace in France
Unibal records 92 new openings in 2005
Satisfied Hornbach customers
Hornbach is getting good marks from consumers in Germany and the Netherlands
First Spoga without Gafa
Both exhibitors and visitors have given a predominantly positive assessment of the first Spoga staged without Gafa. However, quite a few of the exhibitors …
Add-on offer for DIY stores
Rentpartner offers a variety of different concepts for plant hire in DIY stores
The call of the East
Gardena opens a subsidiary in Russia
UK: Is the bubble bursting?
For the present, the years of tremendous growth seem to be over for the UK DIY market
Superstore of superlatives
The Bauhaus at Gerresheim, Düsseldorf, is the largest megastore within the DIY sector in Europe
Should food retailers sell DIY products?
Andrew RossDIY in Europe, UKTwenty years ago or more, grocery retailer Tesco had non-food areas devoted to home products that included DIY …