Questions about buying function

This year’s Garden Trade Fair (VTB), held in Amsterdam from 20 to 22 January 2003, recorded a 28 per cent reduction in visitors for a total of 12 506. The organisers attribute this development principally to the fact that the fair went on one day less than last year. Nevertheless, fair director David ter Kuile says it is generally accepted that the buying function of the VTB is under pressure, so that more thought is going into providing an interactive programme. Awards for new and innovative products in four categories were presented at the fair, with the Golden Garden Plumes going to Hanewacker-Fabo and Ecostyle, and twice to Iron Art.