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As early as October 2007, I started connecting the dots on various economic indicators and consumer spending behaviors and began issuing some causes for concern to you on a down-trending economy's potential impact on your... more »Take Business Into Your Own Hands
Picture this: It's 10 a.m. on Saturday before Mother's Day, and your parking lot is overflowing, your store is buzzing and the lines at your registers are out the door. Sounds great, right? Well, yes... more »Selling Sustainability
The headlines are starting to read like News of the Weird. Coke just announced a partnership with Wal-Mart to sell T-shirts made of plastic bottles. Hotels no longer change your sheets and towels, Banana Republic... more »Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
Looking for a challenge? Try managing a multigenerational workforce. It's one many business owners and managers face. Employees from Generations X and Y, baby boomers and seniors all contribute to your garden center's population. But... more »Going to the Gift Shows
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 »
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