Sears, which more than a century ago pioneered the strategy of selling everything to everyone, filed for bankruptcy protection and laid out a plan for turning its business around. The company long ago gave up its mantle as a retail…
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Sears, which more than a century ago pioneered the strategy of selling everything to everyone, filed for bankruptcy protection and laid out a plan for turning its business around. The company long ago gave up its mantle as a retail…
Kingfisher is closing its 19 German Screwfix branches and thus relinquishing its plans for growth in Germany for the time being, according to the German online reporting service diyonline.de, which quotes information from the sector.
In August 2018 compared with July 2018, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector decreased by 0.5% in both the euro area (EA19) and EU28.
In Spain, a cross-divisional online platform for borrowing DIY equipment and tools will be starting in September this year under the name “Tulpik”.
The building and technical trade division of the Finnish Kesko Group (excluding speciality goods trade) ended the first half of 2018 with sales totalling EUR 1.798 bn.
The trade mark visual search tool of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), TMview, has been extended to cover registered trade marks from national IP offices in Spain, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Greece, which are now fully searchable using images.…
Kingfisher has closed the second quarter (ending 31 July 2018) with sales of GBP 3.255 bn and thus with a plus of 3.4 per cent. Like-for-like change with constant currency was 1.6 per cent.
It’s got to be more aesthetic and more comfortable: these are the main reasons why European consumers take up a home improvement project.
Defining the existing knowledge, i.e. the “background information”, of the partners has a direct effect on the successful exploitation of the results in Horizon 2020 projects. Being aware of the importance of this issue, we have developed this Fact Sheet…
A recent report announced by the European Commission shows that EU customs authorities confiscated over 31 million counterfeit products at the EU’s external border with a street value of over €580 million.
