The year 1995 saw the founding of the Italian DIY group Brico OK by six independent traders, and today it consists of 44 medium-sized DIY superstores and builders’ merchants
Small but powerful
The Italians channel 30 per cent of their total expenditure into a home of their own. It is the smaller DIY stores above all that profit from this tendency, and …
Germany: Manufacturers and products
For ergonomic workingThe Master 600 workbench with quick-action clamping is one of the new products from Wolfcraft. The integrated height …
Development of potential
Hailo is presenting a full range of products for collecting household waste at the Hardware Fair in Cologne. A seg-ment with great growth potential, …
New discount concept
A new franchisor is entering the German DIY scene with the arrival of Fair Bau-Depot of Essen, which intends to make discounting acceptable in German DIY …
Meagre times
Last year was anything but successful for the majority of German DIY multiples. However, despite everything there were more store openings than expected
Another Brico Centro
Spanish franchise group ATB now has a store in Ourense too
Kingfisher purchases further holdings in Hornbach
Mulcahy: “The business has excellent prospects as the leading Home Improvement warehouse operator”
Higher earners seem to buy more
Sears division The Great Indoors bucked the trend and grew in September
Now DIY and garden as well in Birmingham
The Spring Fair, covering gifts and home accessories, is expanding its product spectrum in 2003