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Switzerland

Capital: Bern | Area: 41 000 km² |
Population (2021): 8.7 mio | GDP (2021): € 687.1 bn

First half in the red

Second quarter drags down Swiss DIY store sales

Swiss DIY stores recorded a massive drop in sales in the second quarter compared to the same period of the previous year. At CHF 1.04 bn, sales were 8.6 per cent below the corresponding figure for 2023, with …

Distribution15. August 2024

Swiss Migros Gruppe

Do it + Garden to be sold

The Swiss co-operative group Migros wants to sell its DIY store sales line Do it + Garden. The company had already announced a review of the business …

Distribution20. June 2024

Jumbo in Switzerland

Coop DIY division down 7.1 per cent on previous year

The DIY division of the Swiss retail group Coop fell of the previous year's sales in 2023. The Coop DIY stores operating under …

News15. February 2024

Swiss cooperative group

Turnover at Landi shops down by 3.8 per cent in 2023

Turnover at the 270 Landi shops in Switzerland fell by 3.8 per cent to CHF 1.470 bn (EUR 1.558 bn) in 2023 compared to the …

Distribution14. February 2024

Migros in Switzerland

Do it + Garden positions itself as a "specialist store for homemade joie de vivre"

The Swiss DIY chain Do it + Garden, which is part of the Migros retail group, has reopened one of…

Distribution30. January 2024

Almost all product ranges decline

Swiss DIY trade significantly down in 2022 compared with strong previous years

In Switzerland, DIY stores generated total sales of CHF 3.72 bn (EUR 3.73 bn) in 2022. This was 5.2 …

Distribution27. March 2023

Jumbo

Coop's DIY sales to grow by 27 per cent in 2022

The Swiss retail group Coop achieved net sales of CHF 1.206 bn (EUR 1.222 bn) with its Jumbo DIY division last year. This is an …

Distribution17. February 2023

Switzerland

Landi store sales down by 1.2 per cent in 2022

Sales at the 270 Landi stores in Switzerland fell by 1.2 per cent year-on-year to CHF1.528 bn (EUR 1.535 bn) in 2022. Commenting on …

Distribution8. February 2023

Switzerland

Migros speciality stores down 6.7 per cent

The speciality stores of the Swiss Migros Group, including the Obi and Do it + Garden brands, experienced subdued consumer demand in 2022…

Distribution17. January 2023

Switzerland

Online shop of Coop Bau + Hobby now under the Jumbo brand

The online shop of the Swiss DIY chain Coop Bau + Hobby has now switched to the Jumbo brand. Last year, Coop took over the…

Distribution13. September 2022

BHB Trade Association

The Swiss DIY and garden market shrank by 8.9 per cent in the first half of 2022

In Switzerland, sales of specialist DIY and garden stores fell by minus 8.9 per cent to 1.96 bn …

Distribution12. August 2022

Large fluctuations in the year

Swiss DIY stores close 2021 up 5.8 per cent

In Switzerland, DIY store sales increased by 5.8 per cent to CHF 3.92 bn (EUR 3.91 bn) in 2021. This was reported by the German DIY …

Distribution8. March 2022

Following the Jumbo acquisition

Coop in Switzerland becomes a member of the Arena purchasing cooperative

Following the takeover of the DIY store chain Jumbo, the Swiss Coop group becomes a member of the …

Distribution22. February 2022

Coop Bau + Hobby and Jumbo

Switzerland: Coop's DIY sales up 36.6 per cent in 2021

The Swiss retail group Coop increased its DIY sales by 36.6 per cent last year. Its two store chains Coop Bau + Hobby and …

Distribution16. February 2022

BHB figures

From January to September, 9 per cent more sales in Switzerland

DIY stores in Switzerland increased their sales by 9.0 per cent in the first three months compared to the same …

News15. December 2021

Switzerland

Coop reflags Bau + Hobby as Jumbo

The Swiss DIY market leader Coop Bau + Hobby is surrendering its brand in favour of Jumbo. The Jumbo and Bau + Hobby brands are to be combined and…

News31. August 2021

First half of 2021

Swiss DIY stores increase sales by 18 per cent

In Switzerland, DIY stores ended the first half of 2021 with sales growth of 17.9 per cent to CHF 2.15 bn (EUR 2.00 bn). In the first…

News18. August 2021

Coop can go ahead with takeover

Cartel authorities have no concerns over Jumbo sale

The Swiss Federal Competition Commission (Weko), the Swiss counterpart of the German Cartel Office, sees no reason to …

News11. August 2021

10.2 per cent in 2020

Strong growth for the Swiss DIY and garden stores

The exceptional boom caused by the pandemic ensured unusually strong growth for the Swiss DIY and garden stores. Overall, the DIY …

News28. April 2021

Switzerland

Market leader Coop takes over Jumbo

In Switzerland, the Coop trading group is taking over the DIY store chain Jumbo from Maus Frères SA. Approval from the cartel authorities is …

News6. April 2021

Swiss market leader

Coop Bau + Hobby grew by 10 per cent in 2020

The Swiss market leader in DIY, Coop Bau + Hobby, increased its sales by 10.1 per cent to CHF 694 mio (EUR 642 mio) in 2020. In doing s…

News17. February 2021

Swiss cooperative society

Landi’s net earnings up by 5.5 per cent

The 270 Landi stores in Switzerland grew their sales in 2020 by 5.5 per cent over the previous year to CHF 1.472 bn (EUR 1.361 bn). The …

News4. February 2021

Exempt from tougher lockdown

DIY stores and garden centres remain open in Switzerland

DIY stores and garden centres in Switzerland remain open despite the tightening of the national lockdown in the country. …

News18. January 2021

Switzerland

Coop Bau + Hobby reports striking growth

A "striking sales growth" has been reported by the Swiss retail group Coop for its DIY sales channel Coop Bau + Hobby, however …

News11. January 2021

Up 15.8 per cent

Strong quarter for the Swiss DIY trade

Swiss DIY stores grew in the third quarter compared to the same period last year by 15.8 per cent to sales of around CHF 940 mio (EUR 870 …

News25. November 2020

Second quarter

Swiss DIY stores grow in double-digit figures

In the DIY trade in Switzerland, the positive swings of the sales curve in the first half of the year were somewhat less drastic than …

News20. August 2020

“Garden, garden, garden”

Waiting times in front of the reopening Swiss DIY stores

The opening of the DIY stores in Switzerland on Monday this week, 27 April, led to great interest from customers at many …

News29. April 2020

Decision of the Federal Council

Swiss DIY stores and garden centres to reopen from 27 April

DIY stores, garden centres, flower shops and plant nurseries will be permitted to reopen in Switzerland from next Monday…

News20. April 2020

DIY stores and garden centres

The situation in Switzerland and in Austria

DIY stores and garden centres are now also closed in Switzerland. As from yesterday, the Swiss Federal Council has ordered the closure …

News18. March 2020

3.37 billion francs

Sales by Swiss DIY stores stagnate in 2019

The DIY store industry in Switzerland did not achieve any growth rates in 2019. Industry sales remained unchanged at CHF 3.37 bn (+0.0 …

News5. March 2020

Up 0.2 per cent

Coop Bau + Hobby maintains stable sales despite one store less

The Swiss DIY store chain Coop Bau + Hobby made sales of CHF 630 mio (EUR 592 mio) in 2019; which is practically the …

News19. February 2020

January to June

Almost three per cent plus for the Swiss DIY stores

The DIY stores in Switzerland made sales of EUR 1.56 bn in the first six months of the current year. This is an increase of 2.9 …

News4. September 2019

On 1 July 2019

Swiss home improvement chain Jumbo becomes a shareholder in Hagebau

Jumbo, the Swiss chain of DIY stores, is joining forces with Hagebau. With effect from 1 July 2019 the D…

News21. June 2019

Fiscal 2018

Swiss home improvement sector grows by nearly two per cent

DIY retail companies in Switzerland experienced sales growth of 1.9 per cent in the 2018 financial year. Total gross …

News18. March 2019

Up 0.64 per cent

Coop Bau + Hobby ends 2018 with modest growth

Sales at the Swiss home improvement chain Coop Bau + Hobby increased by 0.64 per cent last year, resulting in net earnings of CHF 629 …

News21. February 2019

Switzerland

Migros specialist store division grows by one per cent

Last year the Swiss Migros group increased sales by 1.0 per cent on a like-for-like basis in its specialist stores division, …

News30. January 2019

Switzerland

Jérôme Gilg switches from Jumbo to Manor within the Maus Frères group

Jérôme Gilg, CEO of the Swiss DIY chain Jumbo since 2010, has today switched to the CEO position at the …

News18. January 2019

Switzerland

Coop retail sales up two per cent

The 2018 sales of Swiss retail group Coop grew by 5.0 per cent to CHF 30.7 bn. This increase was fuelled primarily by the wholesale and production…

News7. January 2019

Switzerland - Obi

First Obi standalone in Switzerland

Migros Schweiz intends to increase its DIY store presence in medium-sized cities in the country

Distribution27. November 2018

Switzerland - Hornbach

Seven is the magic number

Patience is a virtue for retailers wanting to develop new stores in Switzerland. It has taken Hornbach over ten years to get its store in the Zurich …

Distribution27. November 2018

Switzerland - Jumbo

Online is offline, and offline is online

Since March, the online shop of the DIY store chain Jumbo has been up and running. Chief Executive Officer Jerome Gilg explains the …

Distribution27. November 2018

Switzerland - DIY Trade

In actual fact the conditions are good

And yet still no paradise for DIY trade: in Switzerland, the retail trade has got its own problems. However a DIY store would still fit in a …

Distribution27. November 2018

Online competition

Migros undergoes transformation and cuts back on jobs

The Swiss retail group Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund (MGB) is simplifying its organisation and internal processes in the central…

News2. July 2018

Expansion

Hornbach now with seven stores in Switzerland

The German DIY store chain Hornbach has now opened its seventh store in Switzerland. The location in Affoltern am Albis covers Greater…

News30. April 2018

BHB figures 2017

Swiss DIY stores achieve an increase of 0.5 per cent

Companies in the DIY trade in Switzerland made total gross sales of CHF 2.33 bn in financial year 2017. That is a growth of 0.…

News8. March 2018

Figures 2017

Coop Bau + Hobby manages a sales increase again

Coop Bau + Hobby can record an increase in sales again for 2017. The DIY store sales channel of the Swiss trading group Coop made …

News21. February 2018

2016

DIY sector in Switzerland stagnates

DIY retailing in Switzerland declined by 0.3 per cent to CHF 2.31 bn in 2016, following a sales downturn of 1.5 per cent in the previous year. …

News14. March 2017

Since December

Bauhaus opens online shop in Switzerland

At the start of December the German DIY store operator Bauhaus opened an online shop for the Swiss market. The business blog carpathia.ch …

News22. December 2016

Jumbo

Pioneer at 1 000 Meters

It all began 25 years ago in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss Jura region when Jumbo opened the first DIY store. Now 25 years later, it is here that the …

Distribution1. August 2015