IGCS Garden Center Show
I recently attended the 3rd IGCS Trade Show www.igcshow.com a few weeks ago. From what I understand the attendance was up almost 40%. I spent three days talking with attendees. I am always amazed by how people in our industry look for the positive side of things.
The overall feel was of unsureness of the future. No one seems to know where we are going as a country. The funny thing is, this is the same overall feel everyone had this last winter.I thought after the positive spring we had, garden center owners would have at least be assured spring is going to be there and customers will be in. I must say though, How does the small business owner make decisions on spring purchases when all they keep hearing over and over from the media and administration about how bad everything is.
I do know this.Without exception and I mean not one. The garden centers that were stocked with fresh product had a good spring. Those that didn’t had a disastrous spring.
I hope they learned form it but I was a bit concerned about how some of them were blaming everything else even when it was brought to their attention.