Dan Zinner will join the company as Trading Director effective 14 October, 2013, assuming responsibility from Stephen Pitcher, who has decided to leave the business. Dan will lead all aspects of The Garden Centre Group’s buying, pricing and supply decisions, and report to CEO Kevin Bradshaw...
The Garden Centre Group refuses to be drawn in to commenting on high-level departures from the company, including home and garden buyer Andrew West and a number of regional managers,,,
The over-50s clothing retailer Bonmarché is to open in garden centres as part of its expansion plans which could eventually lead to the company floating on the stock market...
Even though we had that bad week during the middle of September, the Indian Summer we’d all hoped for ran to the end of the month. Sales in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data show September 2013 as being the best of the past five years, even beating 2010 volumes by 9%...
The Indian Summer has helped to keep gardeners busier for longer, and all the late season activity has helped to drive sales of garden products throughout the UK...
The October edition of HTA Market Update highlights how five consecutive months of growth, creating a much healthier picture for the garden market in 2013...
The Make-A-Wish Foundation, which helps the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses come true, is benefitting from Christmas displays in garden centres this year. Brookside Garden Centre in Kent and the Dobbies group of centres are donating proceeds from their festive activities to the charity...
Research shows that a visit to a café or restaurant is fast becoming one of the key reasons for visiting a garden centre. Customers are looking for a complete experience and 'making a day of it' invariably includes time spent within your dining space. The key is to ensure that you maximise the retail potential of this captive audience by promoting a wide range of products and encouraging impulse buys...
Members of the Poddi Business breakfast networking club joined staff at Haskins Garden Centre in Southampton to celebrate the second anniversary of the opening of the restaurant following the company’s £2.3 million investment in 2011...
Visitors to the two-day AQUA 2013 exhibition this week can expect to see an impressive display of over 85 products from the 75 exhibitors at the International Centre, Telford...
Onion sets and garlic from Taylors Bulbs dominate the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart this week with the top 11 spots being filled by the company’s items.
A European Commission proposal regarding plants could be extremely damaging to garden centres if it is introduced, according to the Garden Centre Association. And chairman Peter Burks has warned that plants would be more expensive to buy as a result...
William Sinclair Horticulture, one of the UK's leading producers of growing media, fertiliser and garden sundries, has appointed Simon McArdle as marketing director...
