Urban stores and e-commerce, sources of growth for DiY chains

According to the annual report of Dähne Verlag, 3 topics dominated the European DIY market in 2017: the emergence of compact concepts for city centers, e-commerce at an early stage, and the importance of gardening.
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In this report from Dähne Verlag, the German specialist of Do-it-Yourself, highlights a mixed balance of activity by country. In an european market of €700 billion at the end of 2017, Germany remains relatively stable. Stores of more than 1000 sq.m. achieve a turnover of €18.45 billion, an increase of 1.1%. In France, the Do-it-Yourself segment increased by 1.1% to €19.871 billion. In Britain, a critical failure was the collapse of Wesfarmers. The Australien group failed to grow the

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