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Online shop expansion

Castorama now offers more than twice as many products on the Internet as when it started its recently renovated shop

News7. May 2002

Green products especially from DIY stores

British consumers prefer to buy their garden products from DIY retailers. Overall the segment has almost doubled in ten years

News7. May 2002

Like-for-like increase of 3.9 per cent

First-quarter figures from Mr. Bricolage: sales now at € 275.2 mio

News6. May 2002

New fair in the Netherlands

The organisers of DIY & Hardware in Utrecht are satisfied with the number of bookings so far

News3. May 2002

The winter is past

A combination of Easter holidays and sunshine brings retailers in Britain a good April. The winners here include DIY product ranges and hardware

News3. May 2002

Focus Wickes confirms plans

The group’s listing on the stock market should have a positive effect on future expansion

News2. May 2002

Growth for Bricorama in France

The group’s 2001 sales in the Benelux countries have remained at the previous year’s level

News2. May 2002

Adler’s investment in research

The Austrian paint supplier has expanded its new Kompetenz-Zentrum

News30. April 2002

Focus Wickes going public

The second-largest group in the British DIY market should have its share offer available by September 2002 at the latest

News30. April 2002

B&Q in Far East

The group’s sixth store has opened in China and its twelfth in Taiwan

News29. April 2002

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