“I can only do branded or premium”

Interview with Martin Bertinchamp, chairman of the advisory board at Compo, following the sale of the enterprise to a private equity company

A look at the 2013 season

MTD, an American group that is still family-run and incor­porates three European brands, has introduced the new products with which it intends to counter …

Power for the garden

Easy Connect has a product in its range that provides electricity for out-of-doors. The aim is to cater to the German market now, having already successfully …

Not everywhere is crisis-proof

An overview of the European flower and plant market is now available in the run-up to the IPM International Plant Fair

In brief

New format at Ranzijn

The Dutch garden centre chain Ranzijn tuin & dier has unveiled a new format in Alkmaar. It is to be implemented at all eight of the company’s stores in …

Future-oriented

The Sagaflor specialist dealer cooperative is giving thought to the garden centre of the future

Growth in new markets

The market for electric garden tools has contracted in Europe. By contrast, Bosch has increased sales and is breaking into new markets

Aveve peps up its image

In recent years the retailer has strengthened its concept. Now the company intends to concentrate entirely on Belgium

Growing money

The Global Garden Report 2011 shows that gardens are well worth investing in, not only in Australia

Resumption of growth

The markets for flowers and plants are rallying again in most regions of Europe. However, they haven’t yet got back to pre-crisis levels

Cross-border expertise

The new cooperation between Coop Bau+Hobby and Dehner is already producing visible results just under six months after it was announced

Spanish gardens in good shape

For the first time the Spanish garden market has come under closer scrutiny. Nielsen puts its total volume at € 1.2 bn

Bekaert the fencing specialist

What began in a little hardware shop in Belgium in 1880 has developed into an internationally active concern covering every aspect of steel wire