Working together

Yesterday, which was Monday, saw the staging by Euro-Mat, the cooperation of the European builders’ merchant and DIY retail cooperatives, of the association’s second Euro-Mat Forum in Luxembourg, which attracted 240 participants. Euro-Mat presented its newly developed concept for the selection of suppliers and consequent cooperation with them during the morning session. Among other things, the concept is intended to ensure that suppliers gain a higher market share in the individual countries of Europe and traders earn higher margins. Also introduced was a new specialist store concept that has been developed by Euro-Mat. Afterwards traders and suppliers were divided into groups to discuss their particular visions and goals for such a cooperation. Following these workshops, representatives on the trade side had an opportunity to find out more about the suppliers, their companies and their products when they visited their display stands.