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Home Depot builds up pro side
Home Depot builds up pro side

The DIY market leader buys three flooring firms in the building industry

News30. September 2002
Lowe’s heading for New York
Lowe’s heading for New York

More than 60 outlets are planned there, and Chicago remains on the growth list as well

News30. September 2002
Enter the Netherlands
Enter the Netherlands

The country’s DIY association is taking an interest in membership of EDRA

News30. September 2002
Field day for thieves
Field day for thieves

Do-it-yourself of an undesirable kind: DIY articles are particularly popular with shoplifters

News27. September 2002
New Castorama openings
New Castorama openings

About ten more stores are in the pipeline for the second half of this financial year

News27. September 2002
Headlong expansion in Romania
Headlong expansion in Romania

At the opening of its first store in Bucharest, Praktiker announces further plans and mentions the possibility of 15 new stores

News27. September 2002
“Meet the Buyers”
“Meet the Buyers”

The trade journal Hardlines is organising a seminar with buyers from Canadian retail multiples

News26. September 2002
Flooding undermined the results
Flooding undermined the results

Hornbach records slight sales growth, also like-for-like

News26. September 2002
First store closing down
First store closing down

Praktiker is giving up its store in Linz, the German group’s first outlet in Austria, at the end of the year

News26. September 2002
Web increasingly important for business
Web increasingly important for business

The business-to-business sphere is especially important to Kesko

News25. September 2002
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