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BHB-Baumarktkongress 2010



This year the 11th BHB International Home Centre Conference takes place in the Congress City of Cologne. The theme of the conference is “Tools for successful growth”. Tools are used everywhere and by everyone from innovative product lines to new technologies. The conference is an important meeting place for the home centre industry. Some of the main topics are trade and industry in direct exchange on operational issues, the German DIY market 2010/2011 and growth in new markets and with new strategies.

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Bauhof joins EDRA


EDRA is very pleased to welcome Bauhof as a new member of the EDRA organisation. Bauhof was established in 2000 and currently operates 15 stores, 10 in Estonia and 5 in Lithuania. Bauhof shares the market leader position in its retail sector. With Bauhof, EDRA now has 27 members operating in 44 countries.




BYKO joins EDRA


EDRA are pleased to announce that BYKO, an Icelandic Home Improvement Company with 8 stores, including the biggest construction products store in Iceland has joined the EDRA organisation, bringing the total number of members up to 26 operating in 43 countries.





Metrika joins EDRA/GHIN


EDRA welcomes Metrika as another new member of the EDRA Global Home improvement Network (GHIN). Founded in 2005, the Russian DIY chain now operates 10 stores and is the biggest DIY retail operator in the northwest of Russia.. The Metrika chain comprises DIY hypermarkets, Metrika Supercenters and Metrika Supermarkets. The other members of GHIN are Bunnings (Australia), Epicentrk (Ukraine), Baucenter (Russia), Sodimac (Latin Amercia), Stroy Arsenal/Trest SCM (Russia) and Stroymart (Kazakhstan).





1st European Home Improvement Forum, Vienna

The new chessboard after the crisis

From the North to the South Pole, from chemistry to art and from profitability to sustainability, innovation was the watchword for this inaugural Forum and the speakers were certainly innovative in their presentations. The 1st European Home Improvement Forum, hosted in Vienna last month by EDRA and fediyma, gave the DIY and Home Improvement retailers and suppliers an insight into the future of the industry.

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