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The pandemic changed not only how customers shop — and how you sell to them — but has also brought forth innovative changes in retail. Financial services and digital payments company Block Inc. (formerly Square Inc.) partnered...
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Social responsibility in business has gone from important to essential. Customers are increasingly scrutinizing the companies they buy from — and want to know that their values align. Studies have found that 72% of Americans...
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Did you know there’s such a thing as “change exhaustion?” (And apparently it’s not being sick of all the loose change rattling around at the bottom of your purse.) According to a 2020 scientific study,...
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Now that summer is here and the gardening season is in full swing, your customers will start asking about fertilizers and soil amendments to grow their best gardens. In order to suggest to them the...
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The Garden Center Show for independent garden center (IGC) operators and suppliers is scheduled to take place Aug. 9-11 at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The show comprises an exhibit hall, keynote sessions...
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Our industry has been blessed with good fortune for the past two years. Unlike many of our competitors, we actually thrived during the pandemic. We had customers flush with cash from federal subsidies and very...
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There is no question that horticulture is beneficial to bees and pollinators. After all, the best way to support bees is to plant healthy and bee-friendly plants. For generations, professional growers of trees, plants and...
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Emily Harvey is manager of Harvey’s Farm & Garden Center in Westborough, Massachusetts. What do you love about your job? Just about everything! I get to continue working hard on our farm, garden center and...
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Flowers are the new hugs, Katie Dubow said earlier this year when introducing Garden Media Group’s 2022 Garden Trends Report. When we can’t gather with loved ones and personal connections are limited (e.g., during a...
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After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the team at Lawn & Garden Retailer hit the road in late March to attend California Spring Trials (CAST). Not only did we witness some breathtaking plants in...
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From retailers, greenhouse and nursery growers, distributors, interior and exterior landscapers, florists, students, educators, researchers and manufacturers, Cultivate is known to attract thousands of industry professionals and visitors from all 50 states and over 40...
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I was at a restaurant with a friend and she mentioned that she had never waited tables. She said, “When you first start working it seems like you either go the restaurant route or the...
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