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2007-2008 Visual Sourcebook: Vendor Directory

Welcome to the sixth annual Lawn & Garden Retailer Visual Sourcebook. This guide is designed to help you locate sources for green goods, hard goods, nursery supplies, services, holiday products and pretty much anything else... more »

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2007-2008 Visual Sourcebook: Products By Category

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Catering to your Christmas Consumer

With the growth of mass retailers and chain stores, the competition for Christmas merchandise dollars can seem daunting for an independent garden center (IGC). Although there has been a bit of a downward trend in... more »

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Creating An Animated Christmas Fantasyland

Every retailer faces fierce competition in today's Christmas marketplace. Christmas merchandise is now sold through every imaginable outlet. Whether it's drug store chains, home improvement stores or even the local supermarket, everyone wants a piece... more »

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Getting The Most From Seasonal Employees

It's that time of year again. Many lawn and garden centers are anticipating their busiest holiday season ever! However, the surge in sales and service that is about to take place may create a need... more »

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Visualizing Christmas

Visual merchandising gets a great deal of attention during the Christmas season, a period in which stores claim to make 50 percent of their sales and 75 percent of their profit. Merchandise and decorating plans... more »

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Holiday Cheer

It's August and that means it is time to start decorating the store for the winter holiday season. Do you have it all planned out? Is all of your merchandise in and ready to come... more »

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Thoughts On Sustainability

Becky, 48Dallas, Texas"I visited a garden shop that supplied all organic products. I needed a guide to walk me through all of the products to know what they were used for. I like the idea... more »

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Focusing On Service

As retailers, you know providing good service the kind customers go home and tell their friends about is no easy task. The devil is in the details, as the cliché goes, and while... more »

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Loyalty

Sometimes there are lessons to be learned from outside of our industry that can be applied to our businesses. Just because the idea or concept wasn't invented here doesn't mean it won't work in floriculture/horticulture,... more »

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Are Your Restrooms Working For You?

Space is precious for garden centers. The more products and displays customers see, the more likely they will be to make purchases, which means every available store space needs to be used. While it may... more »

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The Many Benefits of Beneficials

The idea of putting bugs in a garden may seem strange, but this method is gaining popularity and has proven to have fruitful results. "Beneficials" are insects that prey on those insects harmful to gardens.... more »