Bricorama Benelux on new course

Bricorama intends to turn the 37 Wickes stores it has acquired in Holland and Belgium into a profitable marketing arm that is of interest to …

Of takeover battles

A new generation

With its new SFS-incanto system of hinges SFS Stadler AG is breaking through traditional fastening system structures

Wöschnau Do It: total makeover and extension

The Do It superstore in Wöschnau, inaugurated 18 years ago and definitely showing its age, reopened in mid-March after renovations and …

Troublesome lobby

Migros cannot start up its OBI stores as speedily as was originally intended. Lobbyists are very influential in Switzerland

Demand for high quality

In the following contribution Claude Lewin, chief executive of Jumbo-Markt AG, describes the special features of the Swiss DIY market and clarifies the aims…

Foretaste of changes to come

Up to now four DIY multiples have been operating in Switzerland. All of them Swiss.  However, the indigenous groups are no longer among themselves: …

France as a DIY nation

Do-it-yourself activities developed at an explosive rate in France between 1969 and 1999. This is the conclusion reached by a representative market survey …

Good opportunities

Private labels are growing in importance in European DIY sales. However, their acceptance varies markedly from country to country

A branch in a state of flux

Globalisation and service were at the heart of the third BHB DIY superstore congress in Berlin

Record growth for Kingfisher

Not only new openings and acquisitions were behind the rapid rise in sales registered by the European number one in the DIY sector. Nor are the …

Gamma in a fragmented DIY landscape

Gamma with its turnover of around BEF 4 400 Mio and 45 stores is one of the top five in Belgium. For the past two years Rudi Petit-Jean has been…

Another Praktiker for Turkey

Praktiker opened its first DIY superstore in the metropolis of Istanbul on 1 April. Plans for further expansion show that the Kirkel-based group sees …

The Belgian paradox