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2005 Retail Forecast The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently revised its 2005 sales forecast based on the inclusion of new merchandise categories (food and beverage stores, building materials and garden equipment stores, health and personal... more »Sorting Through the Gifts
We've been to quite a few garden centers around the United States and Europe, and through those trips we've discovered that there are hundreds of product categories that can be considered gifts. Gift departments are... more »Dead armadillos…
Consumers can usually be relied on to "shop 'til they drop." This was one of the primary drivers of the economic recovery we saw in 2003-2004. In fact, the 7-percent surge in sales in 2004... more »Hands-on For Happier Customers
A few months ago a couple of my friends and I went to a cooking class at a local gourmet retail shop. We decided to pick a night when the retailer was presenting a type... more »Budding Markets
The amount of leisure time people spend gardening has been steadily declining since 1999, but household participation in the lawn and garden market is at an all-time high. "How can this be?" you might be... more »Trade Shows of the Gift Market
To provide the most beneficial information to help develop or keep your gift section fresh and specialty oriented, we asked the sponsors/managers of the gift shows here in the states to provide the five Ws... more »Weights and Measures Update
This industry is now worth over $40 billion in annual revenue, and gardening has become America's number-one outdoor leisure activity. All major network morning shows have gardening segments, there's a separate rack for gardening magazines... more »Keeping Up
Keep up on the trends; this is hot right now; that is not; you should carry this product or that product isn't this what you read all of the time in trade magazines and... more »
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