Landi, the retail division of the Swiss agricultural cooperative Fenaco, is growing with a strategy which hasn’t changed for years: small on assortment, big on quality
Benelux - The Netherlands
“We are a 365-day business”
For many retailers in the European garden segment, the Dutch cooperative Intratuin sets the standard with its concept. In doing so it goes beyond the …
Bellaflora
A green experience oasis
Bellaflora, the leader in the Austrian garden centre market, is remodelling its stores based on a new concept. A variety of themed worlds featuring p…
Flowers and plants market
All in all a good year
That’s how Andreas Löbke from Co-Concept describes last year’s market for flowers and plants. Here we document excerpts of his market evaluation on behalf of…
Garden market
Sustainability and digital disruption
In her analysis of the European and worldwide garden market, Erika Sirimanne, Head of Home and Garden at Euromonitor International, identifies…
Crest Hardware
A secret oasis in the middle of Brooklyn
That’s how Joe Franquinho describes his garden centre in New York. However it is no longer a secret tip: the young owner is telling …
Portugal
Green Portugal
The garden retailer Horto do Campo Grande and plant producer Planta Livre are symbolic of the dynamism in Portugal’s garden business
New concepts - Aveve
Selling joy
Is the garden centre of the future a Belgian model? Our author Thierry Coemann paid a visit to market leader Aveve’s new store
Garden Trends Report
The rising trend of connectivity
Rooted together: that is the title of the 2019 Garden Trends Report, which is published annually by the Garden Media Group. Co-author Katie Dubow …
Volmary
Organic along the entire line
Volmary supports the issue of organic horticulture along the entire value chain from cultivation to seed and plant marketing
gpi green partners international
Focus on the hobby gardener
The German provider gpi green partners international offers brands and private labels to retail in the field of fertilisers and soil enhancers made in …
Flowers and plants
The hot summer burned exports
There’s a shake-up in progress in the international green sector. Dutch exporters of flowers and plants aren’t the only ones seeking – and finding – …
Euromonitor International
Opportunities indoors and outdoors
Gardening sales in Western Europe continue to grow, according to Euromonitor International. This is because consumers want it both ways: to bring…
Weber
No effect on European business
Weber’s EMEA boss Hans-Jürgen Herr on the American-European trade dispute, on unilateralist threats and on the question of whether the barbecue …
Garden centres
Very British
Garden centres in Great Britain are in a class of their own. A small store tour in Greater London