The Turkish operations of Malaysia-founded home improvement retailer Mr. DIY aims to end 2022 with 35 stores – an ambitious, yet easily achievable target for the barely one-year-old company. Mr. DIY Turkey COO Dilara …
BHB figures
German DIY store sales grow by 2.3 percent in the third quarter
After nine months in 2022, DIY and garden centres in Germany show a 10.5 per cent increase in sales, and a 9.8 per …
Lockdowns influence growth rates
Austria up after nine months, Switzerland down
The development of DIY sales in Austria and Switzerland in the third quarter of 2022 was mixed. At the end of the first nine months, …
8 per cent of usage
Home Depot purchases 100 MW of solar energy
Home Depot has announced that 100 MW of solar energy purchased from National Grid Renewables at its solar and storage project in Denton …
Chilean retail group
Cencosud turns over 13 per cent more with home improvement
Chilean retail group Cencosud has posted sales of CLP 440 bn (EUR 473 mio) from its home improvement division in the …
Falabella Group
Sodimac sales down 12 per cent in third quarter
Sodimac, the home improvement division of Chilean retail group Falabella, turned over USD 1.024 bn (EUR 990 mio) in the third q…
10.4 per cent in 2022
Growth in German DIY sales solely price-driven
DIY stores in Germany will achieve a nominal sales increase of 7.0 per cent in 2023. This forecast of a medium scenario was presented…
Third quarter
Kingfisher maintains total sales and is well ahead of 2019
Kingfisher reports third-quarter sales (three months ending 31 October 2022) of GBP 3.263 bn (EUR 3.797 billion). This …
BHB President Franz-Peter Tepaß
"We should not forget that there are opportunities"
BHB President and Obi board member Franz-Peter Tepaß opened the congress of the German DIY industry, organised by the industry …
Third Quarter
Ace retailers increase same-store sales by 5.8 per cent
Ace Hardware reports record third quarter 2022 revenues of USD 2.2 bn, an increase of 10.0 per cent compared with the third …