During the month of May, PrimeHort’s Lachlan Bill took the opportunity to get on the road and visit retail customers across the North Island. The goal of the trip was to meet with our valued customers at the coal face – those who promote The Gardener products on a daily basis. But just as importantly, the trip was an excellent chance to catch up face-to-face and update retailers on latest products and innovation in retail displays – all geared towards boosting bottom lines.
For PrimeHort, the annual road trip is a valuable exercise to hear first-hand how the market is performing – the general mood among shoppers, what the current challenges are, popular gardening products, what retail displays are working best and so on. From this feedback, we can keep innovating and refining our offering to help retailers grow their garden centre businesses.
This trip is always a big reminder that retailers with smart storefronts and shop floor marketing are generating better sales than those with a lacklustre approach. Garden centres with unused or poorly managed floor spaces are missing vital sales! Today’s shopper wants to find items quickly and be inspired by interesting displays so they can get stuck into a gardening project at home. Read more about this subject here.
We’re on a mission to help. Lachlan saw some impressive displays in action and was able to present many exciting new retail display bench solutions. Do not underestimate the power of a great display for increasing profit. Talk to us about where to start, or how to strategically add more pieces to your collection.
With the van full of products, Lachlan also took the chance to bring customers up to speed with our best-selling Smart Grow Fertiliser, along with its key benefits:
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- Environmentally-friendly due to its microbial controlled release
- Slow release for long life feeding and no risk of burning plants
- Fantastic for trees, shrubs, citrus & fruit trees
- Keeps feeding for 3-4 months – feed & forget!
- Complete formula of macro & micro nutrients
- Awesome for vegetable gardens and lawns too
Other garden essential products that took centre stage on the trip included PrimeHort’s light yet robust compost bins. We’re told customer’s appreciate how easy they are to assemble – this is welcome feedback as we had tested some tricky options! Are you stocking them?
PrimeHort’s Clean Up Weedkiller is selling well, and other stock turn winners were our 25m Cloth Tree Tie and Garden Gloves with Latex Palm (machine washable). Bulk ordering to achieve compelling savings will always be a smart strategy.
A note from Lachlan: “Thanks to everyone who took the time out to catch up. It was great to hear positive feedback about the market. It sounds like shoppers are happy to be back out and enjoying the garden centre and café experience. Keep reminding them about the importance of year-round garden maintenance – it’s sure to help with essential sales.
Also, don’t forget, a great way to boost margins is to order last season’s stock before the price increases took effect. Ask me about the options available. Finally, are you making the most of our Mini Garden Centre Displays? Bright, interesting and user-friendly – and proven to help sales.”
Don’t forget our Autumn Saver Deals and FREE spade giveaway are available for online orders until 31 July 2022. Check them out when you log onto www.primehort.co.nz.
The votes are in! Your most popular products from the PrimeHort Road Trip were:
- The Gardener Leaf & Grass Collector – now heavier duty with big hand extensions
- Clean Up Weedkiller – ready to use
- Garden Gloves with Latex Palm – reusable with great colour options
- Decorative Pots – black, white or neutral colours are ringing the tills!
- The Gardener Cloth Tree Tie 25m – huge savings for 300+
- 380L Compost Bins – easy to assemble, light & durable
For further help, please give Lachlan a call today:
Free Phone: 0800 12 77 46 | Mobile: 021 564 382
