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You are here: Home / Issues / January 2024: The Retail Issue

January 2024: The Retail Issue

By Vic Panichkul — Posted December 28, 2023

The New Year’s issue of Digger tracks the trends steering sales for retail nurseries and garden centers:

  • Aromatic enticements: Fragrant plants are a growing part of the wellness gardening trend. By Debbie Teashon
  • Building a top retail team: Industry leaders give advice on how to make the best hires. By Erica Browne Grivas
  • A generational opportunity: Millennials are growing up, finally buying homes, and setting the stage for the nursery industry’s future. By Jon Bell

Columns:

  • President’s Message: The excitement of turning the page to a new year. By Amanda Staehely.
  • Director’s Desk: Our retail ecosystem is under duress. By Jeff Stone.
  • Digital Growth: The transition to Google Analytics 4. By Ron McCabe.

Growing Knowledge, an ongoing series provided by Oregon State University in collaboration with the USDA and in partnership with OAN.

  • A shocking treatment: Pulse electric field technology may be a viable pest control alternative to methyl bromide. By Marcelo L. Moretti, Inga Zasada, Jerry Weiland, Tatiana Benedetti, Jason Crisp

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About Vic Panichkul

Vic Panichkul is publications manager at the Oregon Association of Nurseries and managing editor and art director for Digger Magazine. Contact him at 503-582-2009 or [email protected]

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