The Netherlands: Turmoil in the "green" market

The garden centre scene in the Netherlands is in upheaval as a result of the insolvencyof Europatuin, the second-biggest garden …

Weak market for windows in Austria

A poor level of new building activity will result in the windows market in Austria achieving growth of only 0.7 per cent in 2005 as well. The …

Manufacturers from Taiwan

The 2004 market for garden tools

The German market for garden tools suffered a sales deficit

Will the Kmart-Sears merger meet with success?

An announcement took America’s retail trade by surprise on 17 November, when the Kmart discount chain and Sears, once the …

Manufaktures and products

New products from France

Hammers with Nertech handleMOB, the French manufacturer of hand tools, claims that their hammers with the new Nertech handles offer a combination of safety…

What makes the UK so different?

Why is our market, almost uniquely, so concentrated into the hands of so few powerful retailers? Why are there no DIY retailers from outside the UK …

B&Q extends market leadership

Fast ebenso wie die Muttergesellschaft Kingfisher ihre Führungsposition in Europa stärkt, vergrößert B&Q seine Vorherrschaft im britischen …

Obi: Figures 2003/2004

The German market leader Obi operates DIY superstores in nine European countries and in China. The figures of the fiscal year 2003/2004

Consolidation affects market aktivities

The DIY market is one of the fastest growing retail sectors in Canada. Over the past decade it has grown by 122 per cent

Sears fights to regain market share

The American company is trying several new concepts to build sales

Expansion for Self

The presentational concept of the new Self store in the Italian town of Vigliano Biellese is characterised by an island layout

Interior designer in a DIY store

Hornbach is testing a new service: a design centre where customers are given professional advice on questions of design and style in interior …