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After cancellation in October
The CIHS in Shanghai is now to take place in December
There is a new date this year still for the China International Hardware Show 2021 (CIHS) which should have taken place last week from 8 to 10 October. The event organisers China National Hardware Association and …
Pascal Coppens in the Global DIY-Network
China: above all, fast and agile
The high speed of the introduction of new technology and the agility of companies and people - that, above all, is how China managed to be the only…
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CIHS cancelled for 2020 and moved to October again for 2021
The China International Hardware Show (CIHS) in Shanghai has been cancelled for 2020 and returns to its October date in …
Returning to the former site
The CIHS will be brought forward by two months to August
In future, the China International Hardware Show (CIHS) will take place two months earlier and is returning to its earlier …
Global Retail Development Index
“Expansion in growth markets attractive for trade”
"The faltering economy in home markets makes it attractive for the retail trade to invest in global growth markets." T…
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Untapped opportunities
China’s housing market is not developing as desired, and the country continues to have no do-it-yourself culture. Companies such as Alibaba and JD.com are …
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Chinese online traders are becoming global giants
Six megatrends which are boosting the development of Chinese companies as global trade giants have been identified by the …
Own brand of floorings
Leroy Merlin opens first Artens shop in Beijing
The French Groupe Adeo has opened the first Artens shop of its Leroy Merlin stores in China; Artens is the own brand of Leroy Merlin…
7th Global DIY Summit
China and Asia at the start of the second day
The second day of the 7th Global DIY Summit in Dublin started thematically with a focus on Asia and China. In this sense, Andreas …
Shanghai
CIHS remains on the new dates in the first half of October
The next China International Hardware Show (CIHS) in Shanghai will take place this year from 10 - 12 October. The …
Political reasons
CIHS in Shanghai will take place two weeks earlier than planned
The China International Hardware Show (CIHS) has been brought forward at short notice by almost two weeks and has …
Leroy Merlin
New store format in China
On 12 December Leroy Merlin China opened Decorating Company, a new small-format store, in a shopping centre in Kexing, five kilometres from Beijing, …
Shanghai
Ten per cent rise in visitors and lots of discussion at the CIHS
The China International Hardware Show (CIHS) has increased its number of visitors by around ten per cent. According…
CIHS
Internet Plus and hardware
China is relying on its own strategy in order to face the challenges of Industry 4.0 – a discussion point at CIHS