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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Vol. 72 No. 9

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January 2009 Issue

Features
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Recapping the Retail Experience | Ellen C. Wells
Green Profit’s 2008 Retail Experience put a decidedly “green” spin on the annual networking and educational conference for the garden center industry

Growing a Collectibles Business | Meghan Boyer
Collectibles is a unique niche market that comes with loyal, motivated consumers.


Consumer Buzz
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Show Your Support | Meghan Boyer
Some retailers are showing their support for United States troops by providing special offers to them and their families.

E-Mail Is a Budget Marketer’s Best Friend | Meghan Boyer
In a tough economy, retailers often are forced to cut spending and scale back promotional efforts.


Columns
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Cheap Tricks: Holiday Displays Unwrapped | Ellen C. Wells
The GCA Holiday Tour of garden centers in the Pennsylvania and Maryland area was packed like Santa’s sleigh with a ton of holiday display ideas.

First Off: Life is a Highway | Ellen C. Wells
It’s January and we’ve turned the page on another year.




WEB EXCLUSIVE

What’s She Thinking? |Jennifer D. White
Average Jill walks into a garden center. She looks at your rack of blooming bedding plants, seven varieties tall with an army row of plant tags.




Touching Base with Terrain |Ellen C. Wells
Terrain at styer’s heralds a new era for garden retailing. Since last fall, when the announcement was made that one of the country’s most innovative lifestyle retailers...

Profit Planet

“What kind of business sense does that make?”
The Friel World

Outside, the only action was at the tree netting station, where a fire in a cast-iron chimnea warmed staff and customers.
Kerry On

It had been many years since I last attended a Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit trade show.

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