June 2015

Outside the Vines: Shifting Gears

A California cycling shop demonstrates the importance of product familiarity for any business.

The World Your Customer Lives In

Often, we get too close to our businesses to truly appreciate the real world of choices and expectations consumers have on what and where they spend their money and why they act the way they do. We're... more

Win in the Workplace

Leadership is key to establishing your garden center's culture and achieving desired results.

Winners Circle

Lawn & Garden Retailer amassed this list of award-winning varieties to help you find plants that are the perfect fit for your lineup.

Fresh Perspectives: Lights, Camera, Expansion

Barlow's taps into new marketing ideas and off-site options to grow the garden center.

Retail-Worthy Snapshots

Every year California Spring Trials guarantees breeders' new variety introductions, but here are some standout merchandising display ideas from this year's event.

Buckle Up

Some companies just get it. They create recognizable brands, train rock-star employees, execute a well-defined mission and it all seems to click — or at least that's how it appears to the customer.In... more