Jos de Vries The Retail Company organizes DIY-study trip The Netherlands

The Russian office of Jos de Vries The Retail Company organizes a study-trip to see the latest trends and developments in the Dutch Do-it-yourself market . There will be a lot of professionals of Russian retail participating but the language will be in English and other participants are more than welcome to join this study-trip.

The study-trip will take place between the 26th and 29th of October.

26 October
Arrival day

27 October

Briefing - Trends in creating concepts of DIY-stores. Best practises in European DIY-stores

The trendpresentation will be given by Nico de Jong - creative director Jos de Vries The Retail Company. Mr. de Jong has big work experience at INTERGAMMA B.V. At Jos de Vries The Retail Company he is the specialist, creating concepts and store fornulas for DIY in Europe and Russia.

Store visits:

6.000 sqm No. 2 DIY retailer in The Netherlands

4.600 sqm visit + manager No. 1 DIY market leader in The Netherlands

4.400 sqm visit + manager No. 3 DIY retailer in The Netherlands

Hornbach, 12.000 sqm German discount retailer in Holland

28 October

Store visits

aprox. 16.000 sqm Best Do-it-yourself center in Holland, in turnover

10.000 sqm New format, opened summer 2009, concentrated on small builders visits to small DIY concepts Multimate, Hubo (1200 sqm and smaller)- specialized store with good service close to clients

Please take a look at our website www.josdevries.eu for further information on Jos de Vries The Retail Company. For questions about the study-trip you can send an e-mail to josdevries@yandex.ru or call the Russian country manager Irina Bolotova +7 905 7182590