It is only a few years since Briggs & Stratton turned directly to the DIY mass-marketers. The motor manufacturer’s intention was to raise the level of awareness among management and sales personnel for its …
"Indoor ceramics with a future"
Furnishing and decorating one’s own four walls has become increasingly important again. The ceramics manufacturer Soendgen intends to profit from …
Experienced in glasshouse construction
Planning and constructing garden centres is simply a matter of routine for Kräss Glas Con. However, there are certain building sites where …
Garden experience just outside Paris
Just outside Paris, immediately adjacent to Disneyland, the French company Delbard has opened a new themed garden centre with 7 000 m2 of …
From Gartenparadies to specialist outlet
Since 1998 Obi has been certifying its “Garten-Paradies” garden departments, and with good reason: the company achieves more than 25 …
Popularity of plant care products
Consumers’ spending on potting composts, fertilisers and plant protection products has seen considerable growth since 1999, unlike other s…
Untypical range
Bellaflora, Austria’s market leader, thinks of itself as the green specialist store for plant enthusiasts. Furniture and motorised equipment are not part of t…
“British style” in Switzerland
The Schilliger group is extremely well known in the west of Switzerland, boasting as it does three garden centres and three boutiques along …
High quality standards
Gloster offers a range of teak garden furniture. The company keeps the whole process in its own hands, from felling the trees to assembling the products, in …
Sights set more firmly abroad
The 20 largest German garden centre operators increasingly went for expansion abroad between July 2001 and July 2002, tempted by better economic …
Powerful range
Werth-Holz is streamlining its full range of wood for the garden so that it is in a position to focus more strongly on individual customers’ requirements
Flagship in France
Truffaut has now opened what it claims to be the biggest garden centre in France, situated to the south of Paris and boasting an overall sales area of 12 700 m²
Comfort and safety
The Garden Groom is a new electric hedge trimmer that has a concealed blade to meet enhanced safety requirements and a collection unit for the shredded clippings…
Positive development
The British garden market has in every way made positive progress in recent years. The DIY superstores in particular number among the winners
At full speed into the green market
Peaktop International Holdings Ltd of China is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of giftware and decorative products for the home …