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AmericasMart Atlanta Atlanta www.americasmart.com Mission/background: AmericasMart is the largest wholesale marketplace of its kind and is a leading international market source for a wide variety of consumer goods. It hosts 23 wholesale markets and six... more »Hit the Jackpot!
As activities really start ramping up for the spring sales rush, it might be hard to imagine doing anything but managing your garden center's busy operations and taking care of your customers by the beginning... more »Web 201: Complementing Design and Function
Good websites don't just happen. A lot of forethought, planning and organizing goes into creating a website that is useful, purposeful and resourceful. Once you have a master plan for your website the things... more »Don’t Just Break the Rules…Change Them!
You've been reading about this sustainability thing, right? Everyone from the New York Times and your local evening news to the magazine you are holding in your hands seems to be telling you... more »Brains, Like Plants, Never Stop Growing
New varieties, new procedures not to mention the new gardeners each year with dozens of question. Keeping up to date with the industry takes as much work as caring for your inventory. However, your... more »The Next Generation
Remember Generation X? Well, the times they are a-changing. Generation X is a dated term in today's world; our realities revolve around constant change, breaking news, technological advances and a culture of instant gratification. Two... more »A Holiday Humdinger
Ever since that mean sixth-grader let it slip in the lunchroom that Santa Claus wasn't real, Christmas has seemed like something of a gamble to most of us. The National Retail Federation reported last month... more »A Fad with Staying Power
On Jan. 29, 2007, the cover of BusinessWeek magazine proclaimed that a world where eco-friendly business practices help a company's bottom line was closer than we thought. Corporate America, it reported, had discovered sustainability as... more »The coming year
It's often been proven that the sales trends of the Christmas holiday selling period are a precursor to what's in store for retail in the first half of the following year. If that's the case,... more »Web 101: Getting Your Garden Center’s Website Off the Ground
To create a presence on the Internet, explain what your business offers and help your customers find your business, there are two important steps to take before you begin to merge onto the gridlocked information... more »Get On Board with “On-Boarding”
It makes no difference whether you use the term "on-boarding" or "new-hire orientation" to describe what you do to help new employees successfully transition from outsiders to insiders. The effort that you put into the... more »A Fresh Start
For many in our industry, 2007 presented more than its fair share of challenges, from the unpredictable environment to a shaky economy. But when we asked these six industry leaders two garden center owners... more »
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