Ace Hardware launches “Elevate3 Ace” store concept
Ace Hardware will roll-out its new store concept “Elevate3 Ace” to new and existing stores over the next five years, backed by a USD 1 billion investment. This immersive store design, unveiled at the fall convention in …
Global House reverses sales decline in the second quarter
Siam Global House, one of Thailand’s biggest home improvement retailing chains, has managed an incremental rise in net …
After Fidelium Partners Acquisition
J.W. Ostendorf Unveils New Leadership Team
Following the successful sale of paint producer J.W. Ostendorf along with its subsidiaries to Fidelium Partners, the company announces …
Stock Exchange of Thailand
Boonthavorn gets green light for planned offering
An independent home retailing chain in Thailand that has links to industrial conglomerate Siam Cement Group (SCG) has secured the …
Promotions save DoHome’s second quarter
Thanks to its sales promotions and activities, Thai home improvement retailer DoHome managed to break even during the second quarter despite…
Lidl own brand Parkside
German discounter Lidl opens DIY stores in Hungary and Poland
The German discounter Lidl has opened a store in Hungary focused entirely on products from its own DIY brand Parkside…
Retail chain from Malaysia
Mr DIY to open soon in Poland
There were initial indications at the end of last year, followed by the opening of a logistics centre in April, in the meantime staff were being sough…
Weak second quarter
Austria's DIY stores remain in the black in the first half of the year
DIY store sales in Austria fell only moderately in the second quarter. Austrian DIY stores turned over around…
Second quarter in the red
Bad weather spoils the German half-year figures
The second quarter brought a significant drop in sales for DIY stores in Germany. Compared to the same period last year, their sales…
First half in the red
Second quarter drags down Swiss DIY store sales
Swiss DIY stores recorded a massive drop in sales in the second quarter compared to the same period of the previous year. At CHF 1.0…