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Branding strategies – the “Dulux Dog” phenomen

“Germany showing more interest in colour” – under this title Edward Appleton, managing director of the market research and communications consultancy BRAND:NEW!, explains in the July issue of the magazine …

Distribution25. June 2002

Taiwan: DIY companies in 2001

Number of storesTurnover in € mioB&Q12221,83Homax423,52Homebox316,68Source: B&Q

Distribution25. June 2002

Germany showing more interest in colour

Painting your own home is a key DIY activity – nowhere more so than in the UK. The German market can learn a lot from the UK situation

Distribution25. June 2002

Expectation of slightly increased turnover

Danish consumers are prepared to spend more money and are still set on improving their homes

Distribution24. June 2002

France: The top five DIY companies in 2001

Number of storesSales area in 1 000 m²Turnover in € mio.Castorama1623 200Castorama1159802 500Brico Dépôt472104 600Leroy Merlin802 …

Distribution18. June 2002

France: The DIY market since 2001 - channels of distribution

DIY superstoresDIY departments in supermarketsWholesale tradeTraditional retailersTotal2001Turnover in bn €10,321…

Distribution11. June 2002

Who gets what?

Further processes of concentration within the DIY retail scene in Europe are in the air. This is the assumption upon which the UK market research company Verdict …

Distribution10. June 2002

K-rauta: Thriving in the Changing DIY/Hardware Market

Management consultants Cap Gemini Ernst & Young have scrutinized the buying behaviour of European consumers in a survey …

Distribution7. June 2002

Europe: The 30 biggest DIY companies in 2001

Net sales in mio €Retail area in 1.000 m²Number of DIY storesCastorama/Kingfisher EuropeCastorama, B&Q, Nomi8 4683 391530OBI …

Distribution6. June 2002

Leroy Merlin strengthens pan-European presence

Leroy Merlin, the second largest DIY group in France, is going to take over the Spanish and French DIY stores of the Belgian GIB …

Distribution16. May 2002

Globalising tendencies?

Internationalisation in the retail sector is leading not only to companies going on “shopping sprees” abroad, but also to small countries being …

Distribution16. May 2002

Castorama/Kingfisher: Background to Offer

Kingfisher announces that it has initiated the process of acquiring the outstanding minority interests in Castorama Dubois Investissements.

Distribution16. May 2002

Ukraine: Construction market

The Ukraine is an emerging market of 49 million people. It is the second largest country in Europe after Russia and has the second biggest economy …

Distribution18. April 2002

Popularity of painting in Britain

British consumers are the European masters at buying paint. They reach for their paint tin and brush much more frequently than their DIY …

Distribution18. April 2002

No threat from e-commerce

A study carried out by the German Post World Net reaches the conclusion that Germany’s DIY retailers will not suffer any serious competition from …

Distribution18. April 2002

How are French DIY retailers developing?

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