The Swedish retailer Byggmax Group has entered 2019 with a positive first-quarter performance.
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The Swedish retailer Byggmax Group has entered 2019 with a positive first-quarter performance.
There is a new floor space concept for the Lagerhaus stores in Austria.
The Italian market research company Osservatorio Findomestic estimates the volume of the DIY market in Italy in the year 2018 at around EUR 4.645 bn.
The last of the big home improvement chains in Germany now also has an online shop.
The DIY retail trade in the Netherlands grew by 4.4 per cent last year.
The euro area economy grew at its fastest pace in a decade in 2017, but growth has moderated since then and the outlook is now less favourable as documented in the Winter Economic Forecast of the European Commission.
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and Japan enters into force on 1 February 2019. Businesses and consumers across Europe and in Japan can now take advantage of the largest open trade zone in the world.
After two months with significant declines, DIY stores in France have started the year 2019 with an increase in sales.
An increasing consolidation of locations among the German operators of DIY stores in Europe can be determined for the years between 1999 and 2017.
The British Wickes chain had a sales decline of 2.5 per cent to record in 2018.
