As garden retailing continues to prosper , with double digit year - on - twelvemonth growth , the future for the diligence continues to look shiny . One place where this optimism will beam through will be the forthcoming Glee expo ( September 10 - 12 , NEC Birmingham ) , where 550 plus suppliers will fall in with 7,000 UK and international key decision makers , buyers and drift setters , to showcase the future of gardening .
Matthew Mein , Glee ’s Event Director , order : “ The grocery store is report a strong start to the 2019 season , with sales up 37 % year - on - class .
" A compounding of good weather , and consumers retreating to their home in a clip of economical uncertainness , has paid dividends for our industry . As such we move into the 2019 event with a sense of excitement regarding the future development and growth of our sphere .
" From an engaged audience , the voltage of the ‘ millennian pounding ’ , young tech hitting the market , and a wealth of existing ranges continuing to hit the mark , Glee 2019 will be a thriving hub for the garden retail food market , propose peerless value for both suppliers and visitors . ”
Educational capacity will bring business organisation growing chance to the foreBuilding more content to aid support the continuous outgrowth of horticulture in the UK will be a key theme of the 2019 event . depend out for more features , seminar sessions and new - for-2019 workshops , and year - round information interrelate to trends , marketing and pragmatic advice on way to build good business organisation , whilst also tackling the most burning number specify to move the industry in the years in front .
Retail Lab set to return in 2019The Retail Lab @ Glee – in affiliation with the HTA - was introduce in 2017 to showcase the late trend within the garden industry , whilst also providing retailers with hand on advice and inspirational depicted object that they can take back to their own stock to drive cut-rate sale in the coming time of year . The reception to this new area surpassed expectation , with suppliers and retailers remarking on the prompt ‘ take home ’ time value of the Lab ’s content .
This year the Retail laboratory will sharpen on two cardinal themes ‘ Shop ’ and ‘ Nature ’ , both of which will be supported by eight cardinal themes entitled - Do it Yourself , Plant and Gift Shop , Garden Therapy , ‘ Do Nothing ’ , Plastic Free Future ? , Urban Green City , Outdoors = Indoors , Nurturing Nature , and Pet Alley – all of which interpret key maturation opportunities for garden retailers , whilst also addressing those issues that are shape consumer disbursement riding habit .
Once again , the Retail Lab @ Glee – in affiliation with the HTA - will be created in partnership with a panel of diligence experts , led by Creative Director , Romeo Sommers of ByRomeo .
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