YEAR IN REVIEW DIY WEEK JANUARY
• Screwfix to open major new distribution centre
• New year sales fail to perform on high st
• Squire’s prepares for launch of two surrey garden centres
• Wyevale launches new transactional website
• Manomano turns over £3.2m in first eight months of uk trading
• Screwfix director leaves to join pets at home JUNE • Brabantia acquires Dutchdeluxes FEBRUARY
• UK’s first Bunnings Warehouse opens for business
• Profits slide at Dunelm
• North Shields hardware shop to close after 150 years
• B&Q to open first ‘small format’ store in London
• Lighting manufacturer fined £2.7million in price-fixing probe
• B&Q retail director Damian Mcgloughlin makes move to Bunnings
• Kingfisher says goodbye to another director: John-Paul Constant
• Bunnings to double pilot store target before year end
• Strategic and competitive headwinds dent Carpetright’s profits
MARCH
• Retailers told to prepare for new £1 coin • Nicholas Marshall takes the helm at Dobbies
• Discount retailer 99p Stores goes into administration
• Peter Romanov named as new Abus UK MD JULY
• Card payments increase, while new £5 note costs retailers millions
• Flooring Republic set for “monster growth” in UK • Totally DIY and Totally Tools shows axed • Clas Ohlson rationalises UK store base
• Akzo Nobel CEO Ton Büchner steps down with immediate effect
AUGUST APRIL
• Second UK Bunnings warehouse opens for trading
• B&Q CEO Michael Loeve to step down 12 DIY WEEK 15 DECEMBER 2017 • DFS acquires sofology
• Xylella fastidiosa poses threat to UK horticulture industry
• Australian chain House sets its sights on UK market • Ideabright Ltd in administration • ‘Repositioning of business’ hits Bunnings’ profits
DECEMBER • Kingfisher acquires Praktiker Romania
• Home Depot announces £15billion share buyback scheme
• Chris Pateman appointed as HTA chair
www.diyweek.net NOVEMBER
• Bunnings open Harlow store • Record decline in non-food sales in october • Taskers announces restructure
• Manomano scraps “toxic products”, as UK supports ban on bee-harming pesticides
• Store upgrades boost revenue for Woodie’s • Chancellor delivers ‘business-friendly’ budget
OCTOBER
• Acid sales to under 18s will be banned • Steve Guy makes move back to kingfisher • Ideabright lLd bought back in pre-pack deal
• Asda boss Sean Clarke steps down after 18 months
• Akzo Nobel in merger talks with Axalta MAY
• Dobbies to team up with ocado to boost online sales
• Akzo declines ppg’s offer • Ikea to create 1,300 jobs by end of 2018
• Bunnings hires david haydon as new homebase boss
• B&Q names new ceo: christian mazauric • Jesper brodin appointed ikea group ceo
PRESENTS 2017
New players in the UK market, people on the move, a plan to see the back of neonicotinoids in pesticides and several successful and unsuccessful takeover bids – a lot has been hitting the headlines this year.
SEPTEMBER
• Manomano to develop its UK DIY and garden market share with €60million investment
• Ikea to acquite Task Rabbit • Akzo Nobel opens €100m Dulux paint plant
• Akzo announces maarten de vries as chief financial officer
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