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Ellen C. Wells

People do love plants, after all.

Container Series

Pilea Popularity

Ellen C. Wells

Our continuing houseplant department series examines the latest “it” plant, Pilea peperomioides.

Cover Story

Ready for Delivery

Ellen C. Wells, Jennifer Zurko & Matthew Chappell

Need some new products to fill in your gaps for 2018? Look no further than these new intros peeped at winter trade shows.

Features

“Channel”ing Your Sales Power

Sam Kirkland & Rachel Edler

Integrating your tech to include mobile and online e-commerce to become an omni-channel retailer can boost sales and enhance your market share.

Features

Death by Inventory, Part I

Sid Raisch

Products are necessary to your business—you’re a retailer, after all. In this two-part series, we take a look at how to get smart about your inventory.

Features

Raise a Glass to New Sales

Jennifer Polanz

Home brewing and wine making are tasty hobbies for people of all ages across the country. See how you can tap into this niche segment.

Features

Ready for Technology Shifts?

Bill McCurry

In a two-part series, Green Profit columnist Bill McCurry takes a look at where retail is heading after attending the trade show and seminars at this year’s NRF 2018 Retail’s Big Show.

Features

The Unwanted Greening of Spring

John Johnston

Retailers have multiple options to offer customers for their moss-related issues in the spring.

First

Look for Your Advantage

Jennifer Polanz

Sometimes the trends favor us, sometimes they don’t.

Friel World

Columnist-Bot

John Friel

My gut tells me there will always be plants the machines can’t cope with.

Front Lines

Bloomin’ Easy & The Perfect Plant

Jennifer Polanz

Van Belle Nursery is jumping on board for spring 2018 by providing all plant info for the Bloomin’ Easy line to include in The Perfect Plant.

Front Lines

Dale Bachman to Retire

Ellen C. Wells

Dale Bachman, CEO of Minneapolis-area garden retailer Bachman’s, announced his upcoming retirement recently.

Front Lines

GCA Summer Tour

Ellen C. Wells

The GCA organizers recently released the full list of stops for the Seattle tour and there are some great ones on the agenda!

Front Lines

New Endowment to Study Natives

Ellen C. Wells

American Beauties Native Plants has native research and education as part of its core mission—in addition to providing a great selection of native plant to IGCs and landscapers, of course.

Front Lines

One More AAS Winner

Ellen C. Wells

All-America Selections has designated one more AAS Winner for 2018—and just in time, too, since the gardening season is just about to start!

Front Lines

The Impacts of This Year’s Flu

Matthew Chappell

If you have a pulse, you’ve probably heard that the 2017-18 flu season has all the makings of a record-breaking year.

Kiss My Aster

At Least 51 Ways to a Better 2018

Amanda Thomsen

Try pushing yourself a little harder by planning in sets of three.

Profit

Getting “Woke” to Success

Bill McCurry

But we all have so much to do. We’re under so much pressure. How do we make the time?

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