In This Issue
Glee opens tomorrow morning…and there’s so much to see
Ready to showcase future of garden retailing
Glee 2019 opens tomorrow morning at 9am
Burgon & Ball and the National Trust: a new licensed tool range
Kelkay lead from the front
Apta set to launch over 400 new products
Johnsons Lawn Seed celebrates 200 years of cutting-edge success!
Go plastic-neutral with Deco-Pak!
Gardening tools you can rely on from Fiskars
Meet ‘The King’ - cleaning and restoring colour to stone ornaments
Primus works with RSPB on hand crafted wooden bird range
The Primeur team looks forward to meeting you
New sole distribution partnership for SBM
Woodlodge to launch new collection of lightweight sustainable pots
Exciting new concepts from Zest 4 Leisure
Capi products focus on biodiversity and environment
To boldy grow, like no one has grown before
See the new Zöon pet care range from Smart
Bord na Móna to launch entirely peat-free brand
The Pentik Nordic Lifestyle Concept complements garden centre's offerings
Innovative gardening gloves for all seasons from Town & Country
Exciting developments from Evergreen Horticulture
Wilkinson Sword expands Ultralight Collection with high-performance loppers
Coffee Logs offer perfect sustainable solution
G Plants launch 2020 brochure of summer flowering lines
Quality and design at affordable prices from Fallen Fruits
Vitavia Greenhouses can't wait to see you
Unveiling the next generation of Organic Slug & Weevil Controls
Home, Gift & Lifestyle opportunities with ESA
MO Bacter Instant Lawn Tonic – the 100% solution to persistent moss in lawns
The organic way to clean paths, patios, farmyards and more
Garden Pride – Bigger and better than ever before!
Sustainable cards that plant trees and feed bees
Doctor Organics: The Organic Solution
Novelty bulb gifts and seed potatoes the talk of the town at Taylors
Tildenet continues to strengthen across all brands
Make sure Treadstone is on ‘Must Visit’ List
A look at Provenance & sustainability by Simon Read, Willow Wand MD
Azpects’ EASYGarden delivers retailers year-round sales
Introducing Nature Safe – the new range of 100% organic plant and lawn feeds
Distinctive UK handcrafted ranges from Harrod
Sorbus is cut above the rest – ARS Japanese Pruning Range
Pure fantasy from Fountasia
Transforming a garden centre with Newspan
Fun and quirky designs from Mala Leather
The Glee team make their #PowerOfOne pledges – what’s yours?
New Product Showcase, in association with GTN, head up a packed awards programme
Glee Buyers Power List 2019: the shortlist
PAWExpo to launch in 2020
Introducing ‘The Marketplace’ at Pets at Glee 2019
Join the Retail Lab and Discovery tours
Glee 2019 Retail Lab sponsor interview: Ivyline
Glee 2019 Retail Lab sponsor interview: Meadow View Stone
Glee 2019 Retail Lab sponsor interview: EKJU
Glee 2019 Retail Lab sponsor interview: Scheurich
Glee 2019 Retail Lab sponsor interview: Verona Group
Glee looks to a plastic-free future
International Buyers’ Centre to be hosted by Gardenex
GIMA Business Village
Glee Innovators Zone
Seminar content, in association with the HTA
The Great British Growing Awards
Green Heart
Vegans and organic gardeners drive demand for natural garden products
Glee Daily News brings you all the latest Glee news - previews, live issues from the show and an omnibus edition
Lets get Floral on Thursday at Glee for Greenfingers
GIMA Innovators’ Seed Corn Fund 2018 winners – one year later
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Glee 2019 Retail Lab sponsor interview: Meadow View Stone

We meet one of the sponsors of this year’s feature, Meadow View Stone, who brings over 25 years’ experience of supplying the widest range of imported and exclusive decorative aggregates and landscaping stone to the garden centre industry.

 

Meadow View Stone’s Marketing Director, Sarah Hill, said: “We’ve been a sponsor of the Retail Lab since its initial conception, and see it as a fantastic tool to not only showcase our products, but also view it as an opportunity to gain great insight into current trends/buying direction.

 

“For us, we view the Retail Lab as a great hub of inspiration, providing garden centre retailers and merchandisers with invaluable insight into how to display products in store to drive sales and provide effective cross selling opportunities.  We strongly support this theory as we have similarly merchandised a selection of our key accounts with extensive lifestyle display gardens, which have inspired and influenced customers and as a result returned excellent sales growth for these accounts.”

 

Whilst the Meadow View Stone team are still deciding which products will feature in the Retail Lab come September, Sarah has confirmed that a selection of the company’s porcelain

paving and some of its exciting new product lines - yet to be released - will form part of the various displays.

 

With future trends such a key focus of the Retail Lab, Sarah shares some of the key trends that have been shaping Meadow View Stone’s business in recent months, and will continue to influence future ranges. She said: “The colour grey has been a major influencer on both our paving and aggregate collections. This has been proven over the past two years and is featuring heavily in our product selections and sales performance for the immediate future.

 

Looking ahead to the wider show, Sarah added: “We will be maintaining the same core elements of the stand, with our extremely successful Gin Bar and Innovation Hub, both of which were immensely successful last year. 

 

“The Innovation Hub will continue to feature market leading insight into how garden centres can increase the sales value of their areas, whilst providing invaluable trend reports and case studies from customers who have embraced our stocking suggestions and recorded some excellent sales successes.  The Gin Bar, undoubtedly, is now an established part of our stand and provides an excellent informal and relaxed social space, allowing us to conduct private meetings whilst rewarding our customers with a well-earned drink!

 

“Our POS and innovative display gardens will also feature as a means to show retailers how to inspire their customers and generate increased sales. With two new product categories also to be unveiled we have an exciting collection of products and merchandising to suit every garden centre visiting Glee 2019.

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