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Global Garden Retail Conference

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE FREE TO ALL REGISTRANTS

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WHO WE ARE

We created the Garden Retail Conference to gather together green industry professionals and thought leaders from around the globe so that we can all learn from and have new experiences with each other. We are here to address opportunities, explore new mindsets, and identify actions for garden retailers to embrace, all with the goal of thriving during a time of constant change.

The Global Retail Garden Conference is a conference for owners, managers, and CEOs of front-line employees of Garden Retailers. We welcome participants from throughout the industry and the entire supply chain, including retailers, growers, manufacturers, and all points in between.

Attendees are expected from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, USA

WHAT YOU CAN LEARN

Sessions will address all points of the garden retail supply chain from all points of the world market. Stay tuned for the full lineup and for more information about global networking opportunities.

DAY ONE:  ADDRESSING THE KEY ISSUES

  • Our Views of the Massive Worldwide Opportunities for Horticulture – Anna & Susannah Ball (USA)
  • Sustainability…It All Changes in 2022 – Todd Baker (CAN)
  • The New Connected and Conscious Consumer- Derek Peebles (USA)
  • It’s Time for Real Change – Warren Patterson (CAN)

DAY TWO: THE NEW LOOK OF GARDEN RETAIL 

  • Trend Swap: 2022/2023 with a focus on the European market & French influences – Manuel Rucar (FRN)
  • It’s Time to Get Groovy – Sid Raisch (USA)
  • Theatre in Garden Retail – Regina Razumovskaya (UKR)
  • New Perspectives on Garden Centre Retail Design – Andrew Burton (UK)

DAY THREE: THIS MODEL NEEDS REINVENTING

  • Trend Swap: A Chat with Herb Land’s Doug Watson (SA)
  • Garden Centers as Community Hubs – Katie Elzer-Peters (USA)
  • Vision, Values & Volition: Communicating Your Brand to Your Customer – John Kennedy (USA)
  • It’s Time to Get Naked – John Stanley (AUS)