Testimonials
The Global DIY Summit success stories!
“The yearly Global DIY Summit is a highlight on our agenda. It is always interesting to learn and listen to presentations from other industry professionals and get up to speed with trends and developments in the DIY market. Besides, it is a great opportunity to network with DIY retailers and suppliers as well as a chance to catch up with people in a friendly and fun atmosphere. We are looking forward to the next Summit!”
Guy Colleau, CEO Maxeda DIY Group.
“Participating in the Global DIY-Summit is always helpful to our team and myself, not only for the exchange of information on new trends and technologies, but also for the various ideas on dealing with an unstable environment and ESG initiatives.”
Hiromasa Tsuchiya, Owner & Chairman, CAINZ Co Ltd.
“The Global DIY-Summit provides a perfect combination of knowledge, networking and exchange of worldwide experiences in the DIY and home improvement industry. It gives me the opportunity to share with my peers and provides me with innovative ideas about our main challenges and opportunities in the home improvement sector.
The organization is always fantastic, with a rich agenda and great speakers. The Global DIY-Summit helps us build stronger strategic plans and strengthen networking opportunities with suppliers and colleagues. No doubt the Summit is highly recommended and added important value to our business.”
Veronica Valdez, Vice President of Corporate Development – Intercorp Retail.
“This was my first time attending the Global DIY Summit, and I learned a lot from the opportunity to exchange views with retailers and manufacturer executives from various countries. The presentations in each session were also interesting and provided me with a variety of insights.”
Takashi Yanase, CEO GooDay.
“After a few years of not being able to be connected with our global peers in person, the 8th Global DIY summit was a timely reminder of the value of connection and engagement. The information, inspiration & education across the congress was significance as was the opportunity to deepen relationships to drive growth for the whole industry globally.”
Michael Schneider, Managing Director of Bunnings
“For our company, AR Shelving, 2018 was our first attendance to Global DIY Summit. It’s been a great surprise from a producer/supplier point of view for several reasons: 1) It does not exist any other forum in Europe where you can meet the purchase power from the main operators in DIY retail market, and 2) From a management point of view, the Summit offers a glimpse of the worldwide retail trends with special focus on the new technology revolution. Without any doubt, this forum is a must in the agenda of any directive involved in the European retailing”
Iñaki Bringas, Sales Director, AR SHELVING.
“Today’s business is a global business. And the Global DIY Summit is a unique opportunity to meet every relevant stakeholder in the DIY business in one place. It’s simply a must-go that you can’t afford to miss”
Tobias M. Koerner, Vice President Global Sales, Gardena Division.
“Great Platform for networking and interaction, on a real international level. Perfect place to meet Manager out of the DIY Industry, in a perfect balance, between industry related presentation and break outs”
Matthias Schumacher, Director International Sales & Key Account Management, Tesa.
“The Global DIY Summit is a big magnet for our industry where you can meet all international decision makers. The whole extent of this event as well as the organization was again excellent this year and we look forward to attending next year.”
Andreas Kroiss, CEO, Einhell Germany AG.
“An impressive DIY Summit in London this year in terms of a perfect organization and especially its open culture. Easily exchanging opinions and details between participants and having interesting speakers make it possible to cooperate more effectively and improve “our” DIY industry!”
Henk van Ommen, Director, Batavia GmbH.
“It is every year again a great experience and also opportunity to absorb the views from various home improvement cultures from all over the world. Hearing on the Summit about what drives our fascinating industry, in this and the next years, have an essential impact on our daily and strategical decisions”
Victoria Neuhofer, Manager, Neuhofer Holz GmbH.