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Watters Garden Center: The Retailer's Retailer
With a niche as the local experts and a clear focus on the bottom line, garden retailing is serious business for Revolutionary 100 National Winner Watters Garden Center.
Slideshow: Watters Garden Center
Take a closer look at this year's Revolutionary 100 National Winner and the people that make it run, and read our story on Watters Garden Center here.
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State Of The Industry: Spring Expectations
The mood among independent garden centers is mixed this year, based on results from our State Of The Industry Spring Expectations survey. Some are optimistic for this spring, while others say they are just hanging on until a full economic recovery occurs.
Revolutionary 100 Roundtable: Ideas To Make 2010 Better Than Expected
The format for the Revolutionary 100 Roundtable was a little different this year, but the results - great ideas for garden centers - were the same.
Revolutionary 100 Roundtable: Revolutionary Ideas
Check out the latest ideas from some of the brightest minds in garden center retail today.
Revolutionary 100 Roundtable: Support Groups
Read roundtable members' ideas on pricing strategies, creating return customers, inventory and buying, grower relationships, technology, merchandising, and training and hiring.
Slideshow: Revolutionary 100 Roundtable
Get a peek inside our annual Revolutionary 100 Garden Centers roundtable event with these photos from the roundtable sessions and awards presentation.
Video: How Will 2010 Be Different?
Members of the 2010 Revolutionary 100 Garden Centers list explain how they're making 2010 different from 2009.
Buyers Market: For The Garden
Hot new products for your customers' gardens.
Buyers Market: For The Garden Center
Products that will help you sell more merchandise and streamline operations.
5 Questions With Calloway's
Marketing manager Melyssa Prince explains how Calloway’s PR prowess at cultivating relationships with local media lands them great coverage.
Calloway's Local Media Coverage
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Check out a list of media coverage on Calloway's and Cornelius Nurseries, thanks to the public relations efforts of this garden retail operation in the Dallas and Houston areas.
FoxFarm Organic Fertilizers
FoxFarm Soil & Fertilizer Co. has grown exponentially over the past five years –
bioneering organic all-natural gardening into not just a trend, but a lifestyle.
Signs Sell Series: Identifying Categories
What do you want your sign to convey to your customer? Choose from these categories of signs to guide you.
Slideshow: Identifying Categories In Signage
Check out these tips for signage from Dan Truesdale's Signs Sell Series article.
Growing Media Messages
As on-demand ordering gains popularity with retailers, potting soil vendors are doing their best to cater to new client and consumer demands.
California Spring Trials 2010
Check out the California Spring Trials stops and exhibitors with our map and listings.
Cashing In On Combination Planters
Combination baskets and planters have taken the industry by storm, simplifying gardening in some cases and opening a door to a new breed of consumers.
Slideshow: Combination Planters
Click here for our story, Cashing In On Combos.
Tesselaar Plants: Flower Carpet Amber and Festival Grass Burgundy
Read the details on these low-maintenance plants.
Steal This Idea: Nicholson-Hardie Nursery & Garden Center
Learn from buyer Mary-Ann Day her keys to merchandising and buying for maximum success.
Press Release Templates
Follow this guide to send out breaking news or pitch story ideas to your local media outlets.
Columns
Touchpoints By Pete Mihalek
Jenny's Idea
To a non-eventplanner, planning your first event can be a little overwhelming.
Management And Profitability By Sid Raisch
The Value Of Loyalty
What is the best way to achieve customer loyalty in today's fast-paced world?
Strategies And Concepts By Kurt Fromherz
Connecting With Customers
Advertising giants like Pepsi are trying to make personal and meaningful connections with customers. Are you?
