Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Sky-rocketing sales and profit

Home Depot reports a good year in 2001: 17 per cent more sales, 18 per cent more profit. Only the like-for-like sales figures remain sluggish

News27. February 2002

Two-figure growth for Lowe’s

The American number two’s balance sheet shows a 17.7 per cent sales increase and 115 new stores

News26. February 2002

Hornbach moves up

The league table ranking German DIY retailers by sales is showing signs of change. However, the top three positions are still occupied by OBI, Praktiker and …

News26. February 2002

Trade fair in Sofia

Next week the Bulgaria Building Week opens for business

News25. February 2002

Castorama’s continuing involvement in Poland

Five new locations are to be launched by the end of the year, after three new openings in 2001

News22. February 2002

Home Depot sets record for new openings

Never before has the company, now the third largest retailer in the U.S., opened so many new outlets on just one day

News22. February 2002

Better than expected

Lowe’s, the world’s second largest operators of DIY stores, announce a good fourth quarter

News22. February 2002

Retail Technology Forum

At this event in Paris, Metro director Zygmunt Mierdorf is to speak on infrastructure – and how to reinvent it

News22. February 2002

US foam for Europe

Dow Chemical has declared its intention of soon achieving a leading position for its polyurethane foams in the DIY stores of the old world under the Great Stuff …

News22. February 2002