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Festive videos to push poinsettia sales right up to the big day
Meadow View Stone can fulfil your Rock Salt requirements
West Midlands garden centre site sold for £2.5m
Want inspiration to develop your retailing over the next few years?
Nicholas Marshall looks to buy Homebase
Blustery weather fails to blow November sales off course
Social media proves a big success for customer voting
LeisureGrow Group enhances sales force with new appointments
GCA garden centres sparkle with Christmas displays
Are You Still Loving Your Plot?
Support the Greenfingers runners in the London Santa Run today
Voting postcards and posters for in-store voting - The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team
Ernest Charles takes to the air this winter
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
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Bedding Department Head - West Horsley
Plant Area Manager - Surrey
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
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Nursery Production/Growing/Technical Manager
Bedding Department Head - Stanmore
Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
Garden Centre/Horticultural Manager/Plantarea Manager
Contracts Manager Leeds Area
Comedian Hal Cruttenden to compere GCA dinner
Solar lighting sales dim as Christmas takes over
Sweet, sparkly and lit for Christmas sales success
Bark and small packs keep growing media sales at a high level
HTA helps to support horticulture in Scotland
Gardman supports Healthy Profits Roadshow
New campaign co-ordinator for Love the Plot You’ve Got
Early bird tickets on sale now for AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards 2016
Real Christmas tress rush set to commence this weekend
Writtle College team all set for Young Gardeners of the Year 2016
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Festive videos to push poinsettia sales right up to the big day

With two full weekends to go until the big day it’s crunch time for serious seasonal promotion. Stars for Europe, the pan-European poinsettia campaign have been busy with a range of projects all aimed at helping you sell more. But this time they just want you to sit back and let yourself be inspired by their range of videos.

The Stars for Europe YouTube channel, MyPoinsettia, is updated with films for consumers and trade, featuring all things from serious floristry to DIY décor ideas for the home and in-store presentation tips.

The selection dedicated to garden centres features a film full of tips to promote sales with poinsettia presentation; clever display ideas to share with staff to really boost those impulse buys.

Plus there’s a care guide to share with your team so you can sleep soundly knowing your precious poinsettias are in good hands.

Check out the production films to see the back-story behind how hundreds of thousands of the popular Christmas classic are grown... it’s far more complicated than you’d expect and it’s sharing this knowledge with customers that will make you stand out from the crowd and the supermarkets.

Each year there’s also a brand new range of consumer-focussed films sharing creative ideas for making homes magical with your key seasonal product... From techniques for making poinsettia bracts chopped from the plant last as a cut flower to design inspiration for the dinner table and fun crafts for kids.

Have them playing on a screen by your poinsettia display or use your social media channels to share them with your customers so they’re inspired to come in-store and have a go themselves. You could even have staff doing live demonstrations.

Feeling creative? Have a go!

For more poinsettia tips and information visit sfe-web.com.

Trade videos...

How to promote sales with poinsettia presentation ideas

Poinsettia care guide

Behind the scenes: the story of poinsettia production



Consumer videos...

Cut flower poinsettias in DIY bottles

Upcycled poinsettia lampshade display

Poinsettia chair back designs for the dinner table

Fun sweet vase décor idea


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