The DIY & Garden Store of the Future: What’s Changing?
The DIY and garden retail sector is at a pivotal moment. For decades, the model has remained largely unchanged: large format stores,...
Resilience as a lever to face the current economic situation
Monthly inflation data in Western Europe is not particularly encouraging, and all the more so for the DIY sector.
Make DIY smart again
“The retail landscape is littered with dash-boards bulging with data that is barely ever used”. So says, Dr Robert Rooderkerk, Associate Professor...
Resetting the retail-supply balance: The Retail Revolution – book review
In this issue our friend and colleague Thierry Coeman reviews a recently published, and in his view outstanding, retail book, The Retail...
The Big Squeeze? I’m not so sure…
It’s tough and it’s only going to get tougher, as the Cost-of-Living Crisis bites further into consumer...
Standing out in the Competitive Dutch DIY Landscape
Our colleague Thierry Coeman has recently conducted an interview with Corine Duchenne, Managing Director of Praxis. Both the Dutch brand Praxis (184...
How To Embrace Technology in DIY?
Our colleague Thierry Coeman tells us how the Belgian DIY Trade Fair theme highlights the human factor.
Over...
Even gangs have a culture
Yes, you read that correctly. Even a gang has a culture. I learned that phrase from a...
The Growing Importance of Influencer Marketing
Influencer marketing has grown rapidly during the last three years and all the signs indicate that it will only become more important...
The Reverse Industry has been built up around retailers handling returns of $billions of...
In my previous column, I highlighted some of the ways my team of buyers prepares to head into tradeshow season. Purchasing new...
