Merchandising
Recipes for Fall Container Designs That Sell!
I’ve spoken at Cultivate (long before it was Cultivate) about how to sell more fall container designs so many times that I think my message has finally begun to sink in to the wider audience.... more »
The Fine Art of Watering
After counseling another business owner about watering, warrantees and similar teachable moments in the challenges of watering, it occurs to me that this might be a good thing to talk about during our hottest season.... more »
Merchandising and Display Tips & Tricks for Your Garden Center
Garden centers as well as other independent retailers face a unique challenge that sets them apart from typical department stores, big boxes and large chains: With such a specific market and depending on the time... more »
Touring Music City
In June, I had the opportunity to attend the GCA’s Summer Tour in Nashville, Tennessee, where I spent three days touring garden centers not as a customer, as I would have in my previous life,... more »
It’s a Small World After All
While retailers look for new ways to intrigue customers with unique products and events, plants still drive the majority of garden-center sales. And have you noticed? Small is fashionable! Or, at least, it can be.... more »
Sparking More Sales
When spring fever hits, it’s easy to step back and watch the products roll off your shelves. Shoppers are on a mission to color their homes and leave behind a long and dreary winter. But... more »
Three Things ALL of Us Need
Today put the “burned” in “burned out” for me. It’s not that it was hard, or even overly difficult in tasks, co-workers or dealing with customers. It was that my brain is simply overloaded on... more »
Adding the Heat of Tropicals
If your garden center is not already riding the indoor plant wave, now is the time to take the dive and expand your foliage and tropicals department. The interior plant boom continues as people can’t... more »Tips from the Garden Center
These days, everyone should be focused on tropicals, as this category offers the highest dollars-per-square-foot return in our garden centers and is celebrating a renaissance which rivals the 1970s. Of course, the first things to... more »
Recipe for Success: Meet Earl Lieske
If you take a generous heaping of Midwestern nice, a respectable quantity of service experience from a young age, throw in some well-seasoned family horticulture experience, add to that an impressive amount of education, and... more »What Are You Waiting For?
Have you submitted your entry for the 2019 Merchandiser of the Year awards yet? If you haven't, you better hurry — you've only got two more days to send in your submissions. The official deadline... more »Less Than a Month
Have you sent in your entry yet to be Lawn & Garden Retailer’s 2019 Merchandiser of the Year? If you haven't, the clock is ticking. You have a little less than a month to submit your... more »
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