Bunnings is slowly working its way through the list of former Homebase stores that it intends to reopen this year under its own name following conversion and rebranding.
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Bunnings is slowly working its way through the list of former Homebase stores that it intends to reopen this year under its own name following conversion and rebranding.
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently released an EU-wide study entitled “Protecting Innovation Through Trade Secrets and Patents: Determinants for European Union Firms”. The study uses data from the Community Innovation Survey for 24 Member States, which…
The Swedish chain Byggmax aims to implement a new growth strategy in Finland. It plans to reorganise its store network and to make it more effective.
Byggmax has completed its second quarter with a growth in sales of 2.1 per cent to SEK 1.7758 bn. Net sales for comparable stores decreased by 0.3 per cent.
After the broad sideways movement during the first quarter of 2017, the euro-area and EU Economic Sentiment Indicators increased during the second quarter, resuming the upward trend that started in the second half of 2016.
The World Intellectual Property Organization has recently introduced some changes in the Madrid e-Renewal system to help trade mark owners minimise the risk of fee-related irregularities. While users of the system will still be able to benefit from the unique…
For the first time in Great Britain, Bunnings has opened a store which hasn’t been converted from one of the Homebase stores taken over in February 2016.
Byggmax has opened the first store of its new Byggmax Mini concept in the Swedish community of Mariannelund.
The German DIY retail association BHB now has a member from the Netherlands: DGN Retail is joining the industry association for the DACH (Germany-Austria-Switzerland) region with its sales channels Hubo and Multimate.
Eurozone manufacturing growth gained further momentum in June, rounding off the best quarter for more than six years.
