Management
Making Uniforms Work For Your Business
To ensure your operation is successful, it's not enough to stock quality product, understand the needs of your customers and differentiate yourself from the competition. Success also boils down to image. Outfitting employees with the... more »Rethink, Rework, renew, re-energize
As if retail weren't a tough enough game already, new challenges many of which you have no direct control over will make your lives even more interesting! There's the negative effect on consumer... more »The Cost of Not Hiring
It's no secret: Lawn and garden centers operate on money and people, and it takes people to turn a profit. Hiring good people to fill your most pressing vacancies is a challenge every business owner... more »Lawn & Garden Retailer and OFA’s First State of the Industry Survey
How has the lawn and garden retail business changed in the past year? What most impacted your bottom line? As retailers, how do you envision your garden center evolving in the near future? Perhaps the... more »Creating An Animated Christmas Fantasyland
Every retailer faces fierce competition in today's Christmas marketplace. Christmas merchandise is now sold through every imaginable outlet. Whether it's drug store chains, home improvement stores or even the local supermarket, everyone wants a piece... more »Getting The Most From Seasonal Employees
It's that time of year again. Many lawn and garden centers are anticipating their busiest holiday season ever! However, the surge in sales and service that is about to take place may create a need... more »Focusing On Service
As retailers, you know providing good service the kind customers go home and tell their friends about is no easy task. The devil is in the details, as the cliché goes, and while... more »Loyalty
Sometimes there are lessons to be learned from outside of our industry that can be applied to our businesses. Just because the idea or concept wasn't invented here doesn't mean it won't work in floriculture/horticulture,... more »April Showers Really Do Bring May Flowers
Spring: a time when birds return home, gardens start to grow and your stress level rises. However, from the reports I have received, it seems that spring went pretty well for many garden center retailers.... more »Pohmer On…Clairvoyant Or Close Minded…A Subtle Difference
I just attended the Super Floral Show in Columbus, Ohio, an event that focuses on the mass market (namely supermarket) channel but with increasing interest from forward-thinking garden centers and florists who want to see... more »Personalizing The Experience
What increases the likelihood a person is going to keep coming back to a business? More often than not, it's the people and not the products and services that hook a client for life. Think... more »Make Your Move
Three years ago, Mark and Fran Landa, owners of Boulevard Flowers, Colonial Heights, Va., made the decision to move their 52-year-old business from its original facility to a location three miles away. Although the new... more »
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