Let’s face the 2022 DIY and garden year with confidence!
A confident start to the New Year! Even if we have to take a deep breath before writing this thought down - it is precisely what we wish for the DIY and garden industry at the turn of the year. All the best for the year…
Urban small store concept
Castorama plans further Casto stores in Paris
Castorama is apparently planning further locations of its urban small store concept under the Casto brand. According to reports by the…
Cooperation with Sbermarket
Obi now offers home delivery service in Moscow
Obi is testing a home delivery service in Moscow. To achieve this, Obi is working together with Sbermarket, a Russian online service …
Edra and more than 30 associations
Paper on EU harmonised sorting instructions for packaging waste
The European DIY retail association Edra is one of more than 30 business associations from the packaging value chain…
Team DIY International
Despite everything: we wish you a happy and peaceful holiday season!
During these tough pandemic weeks, Christmas may give us the opportunity, at least for a short while, to take a…
German DIY retailer
Hornbach Holding to take Hornbach Baumarkt private
The German Hornbach Holding is delisting its DIY subsidiary Hornbach Baumarkt from the stock market. Hornbach Holding AG & Co…
Statistics Home Improvement Retail
Lowe’s increases sales by 33 per cent compared to 2019
The US American DIY store chain Lowe's is planning overall sales of around USD 95 bn (EUR 84 bn) for financial year 2021. …
In the USA
Price increases delay home improvement projects
In the USA, price increases have had an impact on projects by home owners who carry out their own home improvement work. In November…
Lockdown
DIY stores in the Netherlands closed again
In the Netherlands, DIY stores have had to close once again. The country went into full lockdown again on Sunday, 19 December 2021. Only …
October figures
France’s DIY stores report an increase of 13 per cent in two-year comparison
As in the five months before, DIY stores in France also made less sales in October than in the same …