Management
It’s More Than Just Semantics…
In my 26 years of working in senior positions in retail for both big box and smaller entrepreneurial companies, and then 25 years of helping advise companies and organizations as a consultant (yes, I really... more »
Garden Center Group Releases P&L Study Results
The Garden Center Group has released results from its 17th Annual P&L Study for 2020. The study, which was first conducted in 2004, has never seen the level of increases reported this year. The results... more »
Making Plans for an Uncertain Future
Theresa Riley didn’t always aspire to own the family business. Her parents Harry and Mary Witte founded Rockledge Gardens in 1960, initially as a bulb-packing business. Through the ‘60s and ‘70s, it evolved into the... more »
What Is Your Secret Sauce?
As you are about to embark on the most challenging months of your spring selling season, I tried to come up with something motivating and inspiring that could help cheer you on and I stumbled... more »
PPP Loans and Your Garden Center
The program designed to provide financial relief to businesses during the pandemic caused confusion for many businesses during 2020. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), part of the CARES Act, is complex and the related tax... more »
Streamlining the Supply Chain and Boosting Customer Engagement
Warren Patterson knew there had to be a better way. As owner of Barrie’s Garden Centre in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, his biggest challenge was finding the time to place and receive orders from the multiple... more »
What Are You Marketing?
As I was looking through the ads in Sunday’s paper (in January — too early for lawn and garden ads in the Minneapolis market), it got me thinking about a dilemma that always mystified me... more »
A New Way of Thinking and Planning
The year 2020 brought us a whole new set of variables we hadn’t anticipated or planned for; this got me thinking about some inadequacies in our traditional planning processes. Historically, most business leaders have adopted... more »McHutchison, Vaughan’s Consolidate in Chicagoland
Vaughan’s Horticulture and McHutchison recently announced that they have made a long-term commitment to the Chicago region by consolidating each company’s young plant division into one Chicagoland office in the western suburb of Naperville.. “This... more »
Hiring in Retail
Top talent should be a priority for all retailers. Having outstanding people on your team can help you sell more products, be more efficient, and most important, serve customers better. So how do you find... more »
Proven Winners Announces Webinar on How to Wow Your Customers
Proven Winners' first webinar of the new year, "Fostering Positive Company Culture to WOW Your Customers This Spring," is set to take place via Zoom at 2 p.m. ET on Jan. 12. Jessica DeGraaf and... more »Hopewell Nursery Acquired by Central Garden & Pet
In December, Central Garden & Pet it would be acquiring Hopewell Nursery, a leading live goods grower serving retail nurseries, landscape contractors, wholesalers and garden centers across the Northeast. The Hopewell acquisition follows the company’s successful... more »
Videos
News
April 24, 2024
Teachers to take field trip to explore horticulture
April 23, 2024
That Flower Feeling names 9 to marketing committee
April 23, 2024
