Kantar

Retaining the new cohort of DIYers

As an impact of the Covid-19 crisis, online, traditional formats and smaller high-street outlets will have a role to play in DIY retail. This has…

USA - Hardware retailers

A sales bonanza

There has been a bright side to Covid-19 for smart, innovative hardware retailers, says our author Bob Vereen, who has been asking around the industry in the USA

Spain - AECOC

A promising reopening

Spanish DIY retailers have been hit hard by the crisis. The fact that they quickly switched to e-commerce and have been registering high demand since May …

Editorial

From -80 to +20 per cent

Africa

"We are quite unique"

With a format adapted to the South African market, Cashbuild appeals not only to consumers but also primarily to small contractors, otherwise known here as …

Africa

Growth will come from paint

Economic conditions depress the demand in South Africa's home improvement market, but the new household growth is a silver lining, analyses Erika …

Africa

Retail diversity in the South

South Africa has by far the most diverse home improvement retail industry on the African continent. But expansion efforts are also gradually taking …

Castorama

Dual customer guidance

Castorama is testing a new concept in its recently opened store in Bordeaux. Customers are asked right at the start of the customer journey: "Need to do some…

France - Table Ronde Bricolage

The hour of proximity

For ten years, the French trade journal Bricomag has been inviting traders, manufacturers and service providers to the Table Ronde Bricolage. Open and …

Africa - Cashbuild

Cashbuild concentrates on the basics

With its targeted assortment policy and investments in its store portfolio, the South African home improvement chain is one of the country’s …

South Africa shuts everything apart from supermarkets and pharmacies

In South Africa, a three-week complete lockdown has applied since Friday 27 March 2020. DIY stores are closed, …

TLW

More services for customers in Taiwan

Besides its trading business, the Test Rite Group operates the leading Taiwanese home improvement retail chain. It is currently focusing on …

Editorial

DIY stores for Future

Considerable demand for eco building materials

Awareness of and demand for ecological building materials and products varies considerably between European countries. In Norway, …