Rising house prices and incomes, an aging housing stock, and a pickup in household growth are all contributing to today's strong home improvement market. (jchs.harvard.edu)
Wesfarmers could reduce the cost of exiting the British home improvement market by about $ 1 billion if it can find a buyer for the Homebase chain rather than shutting it down. (afr.com)
Woolworths and Lowe's admitted they didn't understand the differences between the US and Australian home improvement markets. (afr.com)