6 per cent increase for Dutch DIY stores in the first quarter

DIY stores in the Netherlands finished the first quarter of 2023 with a 6.1 per cent increase in sales compared with the same period last year. This is reported by the trade magazine Mix, referring to the DIY Recap study by market research company GfK. According to the study, all product groups were up with one exception: in the garden business, sales slumped by almost 20 per cent.