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Tilly, Agway Cape Cod Launch Design Partnership
Online landscape design company Tilly and Agway of Cape Cod, a third-generation lawn, garden, and pet supply business, have announced a strategic design partnership in time for the busy spring gardening season. Tilly, whose remote... more »
Garden Center Group Releases P&L Study Results
The Garden Center Group has released results from its 17th Annual P&L Study for 2020. The study, which was first conducted in 2004, has never seen the level of increases reported this year. The results... more »
Making Plans for an Uncertain Future
Theresa Riley didn’t always aspire to own the family business. Her parents Harry and Mary Witte founded Rockledge Gardens in 1960, initially as a bulb-packing business. Through the ‘60s and ‘70s, it evolved into the... more »
5 Minutes with … Sandi Hillermann McDonald
Could you share a little about your background? I am a second-generation family owner and the oldest of six children. My youngest brother Scott and I run the company. We will celebrate 70 years on April 1 of... more »
Streamlining the Supply Chain and Boosting Customer Engagement
Warren Patterson knew there had to be a better way. As owner of Barrie’s Garden Centre in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, his biggest challenge was finding the time to place and receive orders from the multiple... more »
Register Now for GPN 40 Under 40 Roundtable
GPN’s 40 Under 40 is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2021. To commemorate this milestone, on March 18, GPN’s first 40 Under 40 Roundtable will take place, featuring several alumnus from the 40 Under 40 program. During... more »
Ecommerce: Lessons from Listening to IGCs
By now, everyone has had conversations about ecommerce with industry leaders, providers or businesses who have implemented an ecommerce solution this past year. I would like to share what I have learned from working with... more »
Homestead Gardens Purchases Ronny’s Garden World in Smyrna, Delaware
Homestead Gardens, an independent garden company with operations in Davidsonville and Severna Park, Maryland, has purchased Ronny's Garden World, a fixture since 1970 on the du Pont Parkway in Smyrna, Delaware. The move expands Homestead’s... more »
Customers Want to Shop Independent Businesses, According to New Survey
The Future of Commerce 2021, Shopify’s first annual report, marries global merchant and consumer data to predict how the commerce landscape will shift in the coming year — and how small and independent businesses are creating... more »
Trends in Outdoor Living
Tom Partipilo, outdoor living buyer at Lurvey Garden Center in Des Plaines, Illinois, says IGC customers want to buy products that will bring warmth to an area for family and friends to gather around —... more »
The Four C’s of Christmas Trends
After what we’ve all been through this year, I might be suspicious of someone who honestly believes they KNOW what’s in anyone’s shopping brains for the 2020 holiday season. However, I’m also enough of a... more »
Garden Centers Honor First Responders and Healthcare Heroes
Garden centers across the country honored mothers on the front line this Mother’s Day by giving away Pink Splendor Hydrangeas. More than 700 Monrovia garden center customers across the country honored mothers in their local... more »
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