Latest news from the home improvement and garden industry

Fantastic growth rates

Woodie’s DIY, the Irish retail chain, announces a 16 per cent increase in like-for-like sales

News25. April 2002

Rates of inflation in Europe

Prices within the euro-zone increased by 2.5 per cent in February, and by 2.3 per cent in the European Union as a whole

News22. April 2002

Slight loss for Sears

The company’s retail division had sales down by 0.6 per cent in the first quarter

News22. April 2002

Hit by economic weakness

Siro, the Austrian manufacturer of decorative hardware, is feeling the effects of the situation in Germany and America. There was however strong growth on …

News19. April 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

University at the fair

For the first time a Dealer Convention and University is scheduled to take place in tandem with the garden fair Expo 2002 in Louisville

News18. April 2002

New suppliers sought

Intermarché is inviting interested parties to discussions in Asia. DIY and garden products are included on its shopping list

News17. April 2002

Radio-frequency technology against shrinkage worldwide

Each year inventory discrepancies in Europe come to € 28.9 bn, or as much as if all of Norway’s retail trade were …

News17. April 2002

Rautatesko suffers losses

Sales almost ten per cent down in the first quarter of 2002

News17. April 2002

Turning quality into profit

Summary of the Presentation given by Dr. Alan Barton, Vice President of The Rohm und Haas Company, at the 4th International DIY Congress in Berlin on 16…

Distribution16. April 2002