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Retailers looking for a way to draw in new customers, build business with existing customers and give the bottom line a boost will benefit from connecting the dots between the two hottest leisure-time activities in... more »Consumer Talk: Promotional Learning
Donna, 45 Bethesda, Md. Donna attended a "Lighting A Tree" and "Ornamenting A Tree" event. She attended the promotion because she went to pick up a Christmas tree and found there was an event when... more »Inventory… An Asset or a Liability?
It has been said many times before that what you are really selling is intangible: solutions to a consumers needs, desires, dreams and expectations. But it takes tangible products to deliver these solutions. Managing Inventory... more »Putting Employees First
Happy employees are good for business, and since most companies need them to operate successfully, it stands to reason that treating employees well should be a top priority for every company. Unfortunately, in an age... more »Going Back to Cali
The California Pack Trials is an intense experience filled with variety trials, product displays and marketing concepts all packed into roughly a week and spread out over hundreds of miles. Attendees will have the... more »Getting the Most Out of Vendors and Trade Shows
One of the main reasons why a gardener shops an independent garden center (IGC) is the perception of a more knowledgeable and experienced staff along with a diverse inventory of high quality plants. This is... more »Visiting the Industry’s Winter Shows
January is a busy month for all of us. All of the gift markets, industry trade shows, related trade shows from outside of the industry and so much more. We were able to take the... more »Previewing The National Hardware Show
The National Hardware Show (NHS), one of the largest events focused on home enhancement, is just around the corner with many new features for retailers to check out. The show is scheduled for May 8-10,... more »The Retailer and the Taxman
"If it regards the Internal Revenue Service and if it makes you smile, it must be illegal." We refer to this as Mitchell's Rule #1, named after David J. Mitchell, CPA, who was the first... more »Browsing the Gift Markets
At Lawn & Garden Retailer, we know there are numerous gift shows during the year that you would like to attend, but you just can't go to all of them. So we asked representatives from... more »A Maturing Industry’s Changing Face
Over the past years, I have had the pleasure of speaking at numerous lawn and garden trade shows and conventions. Quite often those attending ask me to look into my crystal ball and predict how... more »Working Toward A Sustainable Future
Sustainability: A topic in the green industry that people cannot stop talking about. OK, so that is not the true definition of sustainability (which you can find the actual definition for in the sidebar below),... more »
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