Cashbuild ends 2020/21 with a plus of 25 per cent

The South African DIY store group Cashbuild has completed financial year 2020/2021 (ending 27 June 2021) with an increase in sales…

Eastern Europe - Romania

Another giant for Romania

In Cluj-Napoca, the second largest city in the country, Hornbach has opened its eighth Romanian location. A number nine is already being planned

Eastern Europe - Romania

The stores remained open

Home improvement retailers in Romania were allowed to continue their businesses in 2020 even during the first wave of Covid-19. So they increased their …

Eastern Europe - Russia

Lots of movement on the Russian market

The overall volume of the home improvement market in Russia might not have improved in the pandemic year of 2020, but several DIY store …

Eastern Europe

GDP down, store numbers up

Covid-19 caused economic performance to significantly shrink all over Europe. But even in the pandemic year of 2020, the number of home improvement …

An icon in the industry

US industry expert Bob Vereen has passed away at the age of 96. For three decades, he reported regularly on the home improvement market in the USA for DIY …

Let’s do it

Tools from the shopping centre

The Austrian 3e AG is rolling out its modernised specialist store concept Let’s do it which consistently focuses on the omni-channel and, with that, …

Dähne Verlag

Reliability in volatile times

The editorial team at DIY International presents the latest edition of Statistics Home Improvement Retail Europe – dealing with a turbulent year 2020 …

Bricorama

Everything from A to Z for customer projects

The DIY store division of the French trading group Les Mousquetaires presents a new concept for its Bricorama and Bricomarché stores …

Eastern Europe - Russia

The Saint Petersburg ecosystem

Petrovich, the number two on the Russian market for three years, has grown most recently by more than 20 per cent. But what is more important: more t…

DCM

The store of the future is technical and digital

Smart Home Center is the name of a project started by Japanese home improvement retail group DCM when it was implemented in a pilot…

Editorial

DIY getting more expensive

Nordics - Finland

Finns in a DIY boom

The Finnish building and home improvement trade segment grew by 4.8 per cent in 2020. Best performing category was lawn and garden achieving a plus of 16 per …

Nordics - Statistics

Preferring to stay amongst themselves

The home improvement industry in the five Nordic countries Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland are strongly interconnected with each …