The positive sales development is primarily due to the above-average strong development of the "big three" on the Germany market: Obi grew by 6.5 percent, Bauhaus 4.5 per cent and Hornbach 7.4 per cent.
The Statistik Baumarkt + Garten D-A-CH 2020 (Statistics DIY retail + Garden Germany-Austria-Switzerland) will be out at the end of May. Over 140 pages it summarises (in German) all the important data about the German DIY store and garden centre operators. In particular the sales, retail space and location statistics of the top 20 are seen in the industry as basis of market estimations.
Pre-orders are already being accepted now: Sandra Schwald, s.schwald@daehne.de, +49/7243/575-144, or go online to www.daehne.de/statistik