Management

Who packed your parachute?
As I was doing some research to write this column, I was taken back to a time many years ago — one that demonstrates, as much as our industry has ch... more »

Leveraging artificial intelligence in your garden center
As chief technology officer of Chalet, my family’s Chicago-based garden center and landscape business, I’ve migrated our software to “the cloud... more »

Revamp Your Retail Series: Online and in-store plant buyers
While the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 made purchasing through the cellphone a reality, the horticulture industry is still relatively new to onl... more »

Knowledge is the new currency
The brain can turn to mush pretty quickly over the summer, and teachers want to avoid summer learning loss by sending kids home with reading assignmen... more »

Measuring a customer’s value
Seasonal businesses — like many garden centers — pose some unique “opportunities” that year-round retailers don’t have to handle. Most seas... more »

Garden Center Group reveals 2024 Fall Event details
The Garden Center Group Fall Event 2024 will take place Sept. 23-26 in Dallas, Texas, with an Early Bird Marketing Workshop (included in the cost of r... more »














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