Merchandising

November/December 2014

IGC Merchandising – Summer Snapshots in San Fran

This layout is loaded with inspiring retail photography. To fully enjoy it, please click the PDF link below. An eclectic San Francisco played host to this summer's GCA tour. Here are a few highlights. more »

September/October 2014

Sky’s Second Effort

A little offseason trendspotting can do a world of good for your garden center displays. It might even make you Lawn & Garden Retailer's Merchandiser of the Year. Just ask the creative staff at Sky... more »

July 2014

Expect Frequent Stops

*This merchandising layout features a bunch of inspiring photos. Please click on the PDF link below to get inspired. Travel up Ohio State Route 306 just east of Cleveland to visit the "auto mall" of... more »

June 2014

Retail’s in the Details

This layout features cutting edge merchandising techniques from this year's California Spring Trials. To view this inspiring, photo-loaded layout, please click the PDF link below. While California Spring Trials 2014 was all about the new... more »

May 2014

Retail-Ready Plots

Last summer, as a housewarming gift, my wife and I gave our friends Julia and Gord a book. But it wasn't just any book. It was Amy Stewart's popular "The Drunken Botanist," which is packed... more »

May 2014

An Edible Agenda

This layout is overflowing with photos of new products and merchandising ideas. Click the PDF link below to see the entire layout. Check out this hearty helping of edible gardening ideas from this year's California... more »

April 2014

Southern Style

This layout is packed to the brim with great merchandising photos from our visits to locally-owned garden centers in Dallas, Austin and New Orlenas. Click on the PDF link below to get inspired. Great retail... more »

April 2014

The Zoom Effect

Imagine a photograph of a Monarch butterfly. When you see the photograph you can immediately recognize it from its black-orange-white wing pattern. If you zoom in with camera and photograph a portion of the wing,... more »

March 2014

Increase Your Shelf Esteem

Shopping today is all about the experience — shoppers can buy what you sell in any number of places, so you have to be right. And ready. Your sales floor and displays require constant reinvention... more »

November 8, 2013

Short Course to Remain in Columbus Through 2018

AmericanHort has announced that Columbus, Ohio, has been selected to host both the 2017 and the 2018 Short Course - North America's largest horticulture trade show.This announcement comes shortly after the recent announcement that AmericanHort,... more »

November 5, 2013

Nomination’s Now Open for GPN’s 40 Under 40

GPN, Lawn & Garden Retailer's sister publication, is now accepting applications for the Class of 2014 of its 40 Under 40 program.This is the third year that GPN will recognize 40 individuals (under the age... more »

November 4, 2013

University of Florida Announces Dates for ’13 Poinsettia Events

The University of Florida's 2013 Poinsettia Field Day will take place on Dec. 10.These trials are a part of the North American Poinsettia Variety Trials held in cooperation with Vineland Research Station, Ontario, North Carolina... more »