Greetings from our IGCA President Greetings from the Czech Republic, where Spring has arrived early and brought with it a noticeable sense of anticipation and joy. It’s heartening to witness people eagerly preparing to welcome the season by purchasing new plants and embracing life’s renewal. Read more… […]
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IGCA E-News June 2019
Welcome from IGCA President, Koichi Akatsuka It was great to meet with the board and administrators in Johannesburg in March. During our meeting, we had great discussions and SANA gave us an excellent programme which we visited lovely garden centres, the SANA trade fair and some cultural places. Our meetings were very productive and successful. […]
IGCA E-News December 2018
Message from our IGCA President Season’s Greetings to you all! We recently had a great successful congress in Czech Republic where we could find invaluable experience with our IGCA friends. Czech association worked very hard and organized fruitful congress very well. I was very impressed by their warm hospitality and garden centers industry. Read more… […]
March 2015: Update from Canada
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 Spring is Coming in Canada By Julia Ricottone It has been a cold, snowy winter in most of Canada, with many cities breaking records for low temperatures in February. However, those living in British Columbia have been experience spring-like temperatures. This will prove to result in an […]
March 2015: Update from Czech Republic
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 New Year in Czech Republic By Michal Ferenčík The beginning of the year starts with the meeting of the middle management. Members discuss what to prepare for customers this year and how to implement changes at all our garden centres. From this meeting and also from the meeting of owners […]
March 2015: Update from Denmark
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 Yaahh, only 5 months to go! By Per Boisen Andersen Then we will welcome you to the 57th International Garden Centre Congress, to be held in Denmark from 9 to 14 August 2015. By now we have more than 120 registered delegates, and the study tour is almost […]
March 2015: Update from France
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 Retail Sales 2014: VAT in the Spotlight in France By Christiane Weiller 2014 was a poor year for French garden centers. The results of our barometer show sales weren’t very different compared to 2013. Last year’s average temperature was the hottest of the century but the weather […]
March 2015: Update from Germany
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 Hello from Germany! By Jutta Lenz Record attendance: Our winter conference with the title “Future of Gardencentres” in Münster from 17th-20th January 2015 was very successful with about 270 delegates. Martina Mensing-Meckelburg was voted for the new president of our association and replaced Eckard Heinemann. Besides our conference day […]
March 2015: Update from Ireland
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 Update from Ireland By Fergal Doyle The mood in Ireland regarding customer spend remains positive, with Q4 2014 recording and annualised like-for-like growth in sales of 4.22%, which was the largest quarterly gain in the Irish Retail Industry since Q2 2007! Like-for-like sales for Qtr. 4 in […]
March 2015: Update from Italy
Vol. 7, Issue 1 | March 2015 News from Italy By Martina Schullian We finished the third national AICG congress that has been held in Stesa – Lago Maggiore Piemonte, on 14-15 January 2015. The congress was very successful with more than 300 participants. We had two busy and interesting days in a beautiful location just […]