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New Products

For women’s handsRapid has developed the new ESN range of tackers (ESN 114 in illustration), which is suitable for the smaller hands of women. The range includes three models for three different types of staples or brad…

News4. November 2004

Sears expands the sale of electrical appliances

The range is now to be found in the first outlets of the company’s subsidiary, Orchard Supply Hardware

News4. November 2004

Bunnings introduces a smaller format

The Australian DIY chain has recorded a ten per cent sales increase

News4. November 2004

Growth at expense of pricing level

The DIY market in the Netherlands records an increase of 0.3 per cent in the first six months

News3. November 2004

Truserv requests CEO’s resignation

Pamela Forbes Liebermann expresses regret about this step. The search is now on for her successor

News3. November 2004

Bath accessories

Bisk is a Polish company that was established in 1982 and has specialised in the manufacture of bathroom accessories. Now, twenty years

Distribution2. November 2004

Praxis introduces new software

A program from JDA is intended to achieve optimum shelf space utilisation

News2. November 2004

Kesko counts on continuing growth

House building in Finland expands by four per cent this year

News2. November 2004

Mr. Bricolage feels the full force of consumers’ reluctance to buy

The company’s principle retail format recorded a like-for-like increase of 3.8 per cent in the first …

News29. October 2004

Growth for Praktiker in Germany and the East

Overall sales moved up by 9.9 per cent in the third quarter

News29. October 2004

"Come in for the long term, or don’t come at all"

In Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy, retailing beckons – but patience is a virtue

Vietnam’s home improvement market is supported by a rapidly growing economy, an expanding middle …

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Suppliers14. October 2026

"Come in for the long term, or don’t come at all"

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Vietnam’s home improvement market is supported by a rapidly growing economy, an expanding middle …

Distribution6. October 2026

IGCA

This is where it’s all happening

The congress of the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) is, above all, one thing: always…

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New Products

Sears expands the sale of electrical appliances

Bunnings introduces a smaller format

Growth at expense of pricing level

Truserv requests CEO’s resignation

Bath accessories

Praxis introduces new software

Kesko counts on continuing growth

Mr. Bricolage feels the full force of consumers’ reluctance to buy

Growth for Praktiker in Germany and the East

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In Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy, retailing beckons – but patience is a virtue

When Manufacturer Invisibility Becomes a Retailer Risk

This is where it’s all happening

When Manufacturer Invisibility Becomes a Retailer Risk

In Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy, retailing beckons – but patience is a virtue

This is where it’s all happening