Walther Schneeweiss is moving to the building materials group. The proprietor is retiring from the company’s operational business
Record level of profits
Home Depot has increased sales by twelve per cent in the second quarter
Success for Lowe’s
Lowe’s increases net profit by 42 per cent in second quarter
A new generation
With its new SFS-incanto system of hinges SFS Stadler AG is breaking through traditional fastening system structures
Wöschnau Do It: total makeover and extension
The Do It superstore in Wöschnau, inaugurated 18 years ago and definitely showing its age, reopened in mid-March after renovations and …
Troublesome lobby
Migros cannot start up its OBI stores as speedily as was originally intended. Lobbyists are very influential in Switzerland
Demand for high quality
In the following contribution Claude Lewin, chief executive of Jumbo-Markt AG, describes the special features of the Swiss DIY market and clarifies the aims…
Foretaste of changes to come
Up to now four DIY multiples have been operating in Switzerland. All of them Swiss. However, the indigenous groups are no longer among themselves: …
Two at one go
The furniture fairs in Paris and Cologne are collaborating in an effort to enable buyers from outside Europe to visit both events
Aid for flood victims
The Austrian 3E-AG sets an example with a relief campaign