Groupe Adeo

French all over the world

Peking, Johannesburg, São Paulo: the French Groupe Adeo moves its international expansion course up a gear. And new innovative store formats are now also …

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The true innovators

Italy - Made4DIY

A common goal

In just four years, Made4DIY has grown from six to 35 members. The association specifically promotes manufacturers in Italy’s home improvement and garden sector

Italy - Arexons

“Technical products can be cool”

Arexons has been active on the market for car care and multi-purpose lubricants since 1925. CEO Domenico Ciaglia explains how the expanding …

Italy - USP

Different to their neighbours?

Which consumer behaviours shape the Italian home improvement market? Are there differences to other countries? Market research agency USP has got the…

Italy - Do-It-For-Me

DIY and DIFM hand in hand

The Italians are not particularly keen Do-It-Yourselfers, as determined by the market research company Euromonitor International. However, the …

Italy - Home improvement

Roman impressions

When it comes down to home improvement, many Italians still prefer to use specialist stores. The DIY stores have responded with a range of different concepts

Gamma

The Volkswagen amongst the DIY stores

Fewer decorations, but a lot more technology is key to the direction Gama is taking with its new concept. Whereby new and familiar elements …

Hornbach

Ten years Romania

Nowadays the German retailer operates six stores in the country. Soon to be followed by an Internet store

"So popular in Italy"

Arexons has been active on the market for car care and multi-purpose lubricants since 1925. CEO Domenico Ciaglia explains how the expanding traditional brand …

Italy - Made4DIY

A steady but not static market

How is the home improvement market in Italy doing at present? DIY International asked the Italian manufacturers’ association Made4DIY for an …

Romania

New ranking in Romania

2016 was a year of consolidation and growth for the Romanian DIY retail, a year which confirmed Dedeman as market leader and saw Leroy Merlin take on second …

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Global or regional?

Germany - Statistics

Statistics on the development of DIY stores ­in Germany

(All data from: Dähne Statistics DIY + Garden 2017)