With same-store sales recording only a 1 per cent gain in the 2nd quarter of 2002, Home Depot is now intensifying its efforts to find new ways to grow.
Austria’s tenth
Hornbach will open one more store at St. Pölten by the end of February 2003 at the latest
Fifth in Hungary
Bricostore has opened another store in Budapest immediately beside an Auchan outlet
Change of partners in Italy
In future the German logistics service provider Dachser will be working together with Fercam
Expansion of European retail trade
In August the European Union recorded an increase of 2.1 per cent on the previous year
Plans for the UK
B&Q intends to open 17 stores in its base country over the next 12 months
One more candidate for Russia
Leroy Merlin is still another company planning to enter the Russian market
Slump in fasteners and fixings sector
Negative assessments of the global market were expressed at F & F Expo in Brussels
18th Salon du Végétal
This year there were 16 000 visitors to Angers
MTD now has a Polish subsidiary
The garden equipment manufacturer has now taken over and is carrying on the business of its former importer, but it is making use of the same team