German customers looking for information about paint in DIY stores mainly go to the sales staff for advice. The picture is completely different in the United Kingdom
Increase for French DIY stores
In the first three months sales were three per cent above the previous year’s level
Homebase records like-for-like growth of three per cent
The UK DIY retail chain has performed well, especially in home-related categories
Sale to Home Depot
The top DIY group to acquire up to 24 outlets from Kmart
Brico Stock takes further steps
Kingfisher extends its network of branches in Spain
Only growth area is Benelux
Bricorama records four per cent expansion in the first quarter
Sale of tile production facility
Villeroy & Boch sells its factory in Oiry, France, to the Italian Epoca group
Hopes for more internationalism at DIY
Kortrijk, too, intends to profit from Cologne’s abstinence
Swedish head of British expansion into Russia
The former Ikea manager Peter Partma is to direct Kingfisher’s expansion from the group’s base in Moscow
Bricorama at the 10,000 m² milestone
The company has opened its largest market in Europe.