Woodie's DIY owner: Too soon to know if reopening sales jump will last

A large queue outiside Woodie's in Glasnevin Dublin last month when it reopened. Picture: Leon Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Woodie’s DIY owner Grafton Group has said it remains too early to judge whether an initial sales surge from the recent reopening of its retail and builders’ merchants outlets will last or was merely an initial release of pent-up consumer demand.