Articles by topic "Gift Retailing":
Issue date: March/April 2004 Topic: Gift RetailingDisplaying Gifts with Plant Pizazz
Garden retailers are finding new ways to merchandise garden gifts. They know that when a decorative item is brought home, it becomes part of the customer’s garden scene or outdoor room, which is likel...
Issue date: January/February 2005 Topic: Gift RetailingGarden Art Grandeur
Good news for 2005: Not only are more people embracing the outdoor room concept, there is a movement in the direction of adding more high-end art objects to the outdoor living scene.
The presence of ...
Issue date: November/December 2004 Topic: Gift RetailingExtending the Season
Garden retailers capitalizing on the outdoor room trend are selling the latest products designed to extend the season. A high volume of these products are moving out of their stores and into customers...
Issue date: September/October 2004 Topic: Gift RetailingFresh Takes on Gift Displays (Bob LaRue)
Garden center operators are taking fresh approaches to merchandising garden gifts. They are incorporating new ways to make presentations easier to shop, visually pleasing, fun and timely. In all, gard...
Issue date: July/August 2004 Topic: Gift RetailingCordova’s Gift Surprise California Retailer Discovers Success with Garden Decor (Marian Bond)
Opening a second nursery in Encinitas, CA, was an opportunity for Joe and Martha Cordova to expand their growing capabilities, and position their business Cordova Gardens as a viable retail garden cen...
Issue date: May/June 2004 Topic: Gift RetailingMilaeger’s Anything But Typical Distinction as a Niche
Located in Racine, WI, 20 miles south of Milwaukee, Milaeger’s has been a family-owned business for 40 years. It’s currently operated by Kevin Milaeger and Kris Reisdorf, a brother and sister team. Th...
Issue date: May/June 2004 Topic: Gift RetailingMilaeger’s Anything but Typical Distinction as a Niche
Located in Racine, WI, 20 miles south of Milwaukee, Milaeger’s has been a family-owned business for 40 years. It’s currently operated by Kevin Milaeger and Kris Reisdorf, a brother and sister team. Th...
Issue date: March/April 2004 Topic: Gift RetailingRail City’s Gift Trail Gifts Make a Niche for Themselves (Marian Bond)
Pawl and Linda Hollis’ basic goal in opening Rail City Garden Center in Sparks, NV, in 1987, was to provide landscape materials and supplies to local, do-it-yourself homeowners.
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Issue date: January/February 2004 Topic: Gift RetailingEngh’s Gift Traditions An Original Approach to Gifting (Marian Bond)
The words tradition, Engh, flowers and petunias are synonymous and well known in the area that surrounds Engh Gardens in Salt Lake City. Since 1929, when Hank Engh, The Petunia King, started a floral ...
Issue date: November/December 2003 Topic: Gift RetailingHischier Upgrades Gifts Added space makes for updated displays (Marian Bond)
Clientele at Hischier Nursery, in Modesto, CA, has changed significantly over the past several years, and in many ways the gift department has adapted nicely to the interests of shoppers. Thomas Chapl...
Issue date: July/August 2003 Topic: Gift RetailingPanning for Pansies Growing up in the Eisley Nursery Family (Marian Bond)
Some traditions never die - they simply take on another form. In 1933, Lila Eisley had a home on Nevada Street in Auburn, CA. As gold miners were searching for treasure in the Sierras, it happened tha...
Issue date: May/June 2003 Topic: Gift RetailingCentered Around the Outdoor Elements Limited indoor space pushes gifts outdoors
When Bob Upson, Owner of Four Seasons Garden Center, located south of Savannah, GA, says his showroom is the outdoors, he’s not kidding. With limited space to showcase gifts for gardeners, Upson and h...
Issue date: March/April 2003 Topic: Gift RetailingThe Gift of Change Wight’s excels with decor
At Wight’s Home and Garden, the gifts for gardeners department has grown in importance through the years, becoming a critical segment of its business, says Karen Block, Co-Owner and General Manager. ...
Issue date: January/February 2003 Topic: Gift Retailing Living Large in the Yard Garden structures need creative display space (Bob LaRue)
The “outdoor room” has had a booming spring and summer - just as predicted. The concept of blending a home’s indoor living with the outdoors has become a strong focus for consumers.
Now the whole bac...
Issue date: Summer Show Issue 2002 Topic: Gift Retailing (Furniture)Explore the Casual Side Casual furniture shows give a glimpse of the biz
Casual furniture shows are must-attend events as you plan your merchandise mix for 2003. There is no question about this if you are into outdoor furniture or if you’re considering becoming more i...1 - 15 of 24, total 2 page(s)  1 2  
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