A PLMA symposium perceives further opportunities for growth in the DIY sector, since big DIY chains have declared their readiness to invest in their own house brands
Catena stores four per cent in the black
At year’s end the French franchise network numbered 174 outlets
BT Industries bucks the trend
The worldwide market for storage technology showed a downward trend last year. However, this Swedish company achieved a 15 per cent increase in sales
Trade fair in Denmark
Byggeri 2002 will be held at Fredericia from 12 to 16 March 2002
Attendance figures have again moved ahead
Around 90 300 trade visitors from 123 countries came to Cologne for the International Hardware Fair/DIY’TEC 2002. The mood among the…
Biggest group of foreign exhibitors from China
Exhibitor statistic: China, with 530 of the total of 3 525 exhibitors, has the biggest contingent at the IHF/DIY’TEC 2002
Practical World, the new name for IHF and DIY’TEC
Modernisation of Cologne’s leading DIY trade fair is not only to include a concept for bundling related product …
Ultimately optimistic
At the IHF/DIY’TEC 2002 the industry is giving expression to its hopeful view of the current year. It is a long time since there was such a crowd of …
Unwins’ new sales partner
The seed merchants are now working in collaboration with Goulding Garden Care
East European Eldorado for expansionists
The competitive situation in central and eastern Europe is intensifying as internationally active DIY multiples from countries of the west …