The low-price retailer Byggmax opens a store in Munkedal in Q2 2014. The new store will employ three people, and one seasonal employee. Byggmax has more than doubled the number of stores in Sweden since 2006. There are currently 69 stores throughout the country. The new store in Munkedal will be situated at Sälebyvägen 2. The company has previously announced the opening of a second store in Linköping in the same time period.

- For a long time we have wanted to establish a location in Munkedal, and now we have found a good location for Byggmax, where a lot of people pass. Our existing store in Uddevalla is doing well, so it feels great to be able to open in Munkedal. says Tony Johansson, regional manager at Byggmax.

Sälebyvägen is a good location, with a large space and the opportunity to establish Byggmax’s concept. Overall, a retail space of approximately 8000 sqm is necessary, where the retail store and the drive-in occupy the most space. Byggmax’s concept is based on offering customers quality products at a low prices, where customers can do a part of the job themselves to keep the costs down.

Good quality at a low price
Byggmax sell basic construction materials such as lumber, flooring, dry-wall, cement, windows, doors and paint to both professionals and DIY-customers. The company also offers an additional product range, which includes interior design products through its online-store which was named “e-commerce site of the year 2012”. The Byggmax concept is to offer good quality products at low prices.

Byggmax is the construction material retailer that Swedish house owners deem has the lowest prices, and according to the “Vi i Villa” house owners panel (may 2012) 50% of men and 34% of women believe that Byggmax has the lowest prices, the figures for the closest competitor are 6% and 7%.