Gifts
Atlanta Market attendance posted double-digit growth over the Winter 2022 staging, International Market Centers (IMC) reported, attracting buyers from all 50 states and 56 countries. International traffic significantly increased, nearly doubling year-over-year with a notable...
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Gift and home markets offer opportunities for garden retailers to explore new revenue streams to grow their businesses. With expansive product offerings comes a marketplace scale that can seem daunting even to longtime attendees and...
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There's no better place to be than home for the holidays, but after moving back to my hometown earlier this year, this Christmastime phrase takes on a whole new meaning. I took the opportunity to...
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Transpac, a supplier of seasonal and everyday gift and home décor, is acquiring Season’s Designs. Transpac has bought all Season’s Designs product offerings other than the sports-licensed portion of the business. Season’s Designs compliments Transpac’s...
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Kurt S. Adler Inc. recently announced it is celebrating 75 years of business this year. While serving in the U.S. Army, Kurt Adler worked in the procurement department securing necessary goods from all over the...
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Reflecting growing optimism in the U.S., Dutch Boy Paints has released its 2019 Color of the Year, Garden Patch 326-5DB, and three eight-color design palettes — Homestead, Studio and Sanctuary — that embody a happier, more...
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In "Late Bloomer: How to Garden with Comfort, Ease and Simplicity in the Second Half of Life", garden designer Jan Coppola Bills shows how to rethink approaches to gardening. The book is due out in...
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A lot can change in a decade. Farmers at heart, Craig and Kathy Canoyer opened up a greenhouse next to their home near Griswold, Iowa, to sell some extra plants in 1986. Canoyer Garden Center...
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Jonathan Bardzik, formerly of AmericanHort and the American Nursery & Landscape Association, has released his second cookbook, Seasons to Taste Farm Fresh Joy for Kitchen and Table. A storyteller, cook and author, Bardzik's cookbook...
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Independent garden centers and retailers in North America can now sell Garden Design magazine direct to consumers. The upscale 148-page magazine, previously available only to subscribers through the publisher's website, can now be purchased at...
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IGC East's second annual show at the Baltimore Convention Center drew more than 1,500 verified independent retail buyers, who shopped the latest product offerings from nearly 300 exhibiting vendors across the floor. "We appreciate the...
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Geranium, an independently owned jewelry and accessories boutique based in the Midwest, boasts intrinsic signage with eye-catching designs and one-of-a-kind displays that supply customers with not only information but also a story. What started as...
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