B&Q owner’s profits soar as Covid creates ‘generation of DIYers’
Pandemic supercharges Kingfisher’s digital business, attracting 10m new online customers over past year
Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix, has reported a surge in sales and profits for 2020 as a locked-down nation turned to home improvements.
Thierry Garnier, the chief executive of Kingfisher, said the company had seen “extraordinary demand” in the past year as people adapted and updated their homes and gardens to cope with new demands prompted by restrictions on travel, socialising, schools and leisure.



