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Rush Creek Adds to Sales Staff
Rush Creek Designs recently welcomed Donna J. Magnuson to its staff as national key accounts sales manager. Magnuson’s 28 years’ experience in the lawn and garden industry includes a variety of roles, such as accounting manager, customer service manager, regional sales manager and national sales manager. She is also a standing member of the Color Marketing Group. For more information on Rush Creek, visit the company’s website.
Dramm Announces New Technical Rep
Dramm recently announced the hiring of Les Evans as its the new technical representative for commercial sales. He will join the company’s sales team, helping clients both on the distributor and end user levels for most of the Northeast. Evans holds a degree in biological engineering and has 15 years of experience in the commercial horticulture industry; he has been uniquely positioned to help his clients understand their companies’ resource allocation and become more sustainable and profitable. He will be working from his home office and can be reached at [email protected] or call (919) 607-8842. For more information on Dramm Corporation, visit www.dramm.com.
ANLA Congratulates Garden Center University Class of 2010
More than 40 members of the American Nursery & Landscape Association recently graduated from Garden Center University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. For the past two years, this dynamic group of garden center owners and managers have formed a tight-knit community of learning, sharing and helping one another improve their business, with the help of Professor Ian Baldwin. According to ANLA, “Like many retail garden centers, this the group saw a slight decline in both customer count and sales in the past year. However, the class of 2010’s average net profit was up 7.1 percent.” What sort of results will the next class of GCU see? For more information, visit Garden Center University’s website.
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