MR.D.I.Y. is a Malaysian retail chain offering goods for the home, DIY and leisure. It opened its first store in the Czech Republic on 20 October 2026 in the Forum Nová Karolina shopping centre in Ostrava. [1][2]
Store in Ostrava
The store covers 833 square metres. It sells household goods, tools, toys, home decorations, stationery and small furniture, and part of the range carries the chain's own brand. The range also includes artificial plants, gift bags, travel accessories and seasonal goods; the furniture includes shoe cabinets and side tables, and a children's car costs 305 crowns. [2] According to iDNES.cz, kitchen sponges cost 12 crowns, frying pans 153 crowns and bed linen from 119 crowns, with prices often comparable to the chains Action and Pepco. [1][2]
Expansion plans
Leoš Kocman, the manager for expansion and retail development, said that Ostrava is meant to be the starting point for further growth and that the chain intends to expand gradually in the Moravian-Silesian Region. In the first phase the company plans to open twenty stores in Prague and other large cities, and in the long term it wants to build a network of more than a hundred stores in the Czech Republic. [1][2]