Continuing growth

The Italian DIY market is enjoying sustained rates of growth. The DIY retailers are going for continuing expansion, especially of floorspace

Pressing need for information  

The biggest problem for Europe's consumers when undertaking DIY projects is not budgetary restraints but the time factor, according to the latest …

Shrinkage rates on the increase  

Shrinkage is costing Europe’s retailers over € 29 bn. About two-fifths of these retailers are now going for source tagging their products, a…

Continuous expansion  

Bunnings, the Australian DIY retail chain, has experienced steady growth over recent years and intends to go for further expansion during the current f…

Stylish premiere at Knauber  

The German DIY retailer’s Troisdorf store is the first to offer a display of four living-room styles; the company is planning to reorganise its six …

New image for Cofaq

The French cooperative group Cofaq has come up with a uniform store image for its trading formats and affiliated stores. The intention is to demonstrate the …

Never-ending growth?

Further consolidation

Among the three major DIY nations in Europe, the British DIY multiples head the field in terms of sales growth and progress of the consolidation process: just…

The 30 biggest DIY multiples in Europe

New competitors

In the United States independent hardware retailers are coming under increasing pressure through the expansion of big drug chains that offer low-cost, impulse-type …

Turkey's first warehouse-style Koctas store

Koçtas has opened its first warehouse-style DIY store in the greater Istanbul area after last year’s merger with B&Q, the DIY …

Exclusivity and advice

The concept of Expo Ambiente, a subsidiary of the Bauhaus group, is continuing to create a sensation. It is designed to appeal primarily to medium and high …

Vigorous expansion in the Netherlands

Hornbach has acquired two Intratuin garden centres that are being converted to the Hornbach concept. Four new megastores are also at the …

Anniversary for Baumax

Over the past 25 years Baumax has progressed from Austrian builders' merchant to international DIY retail chain