Pull Up a Chair!
from ANLA
ANLA's new Pull Up a Chair series puts you right in the middle of after-hours tradeshow conversations filmed in Chicago. Listen as top retailers from around the country share about the issues that keep them up at night and the new ideas that drive their success. A two part series, debuting today, brings together Stephanie Ferris, Bill Jameson and Michael Bracken and looks at the challenges associated with choosing a new POS system. So Pull Up a Chair and check it out at www.anla.org/knowledgecenter.  More
 

20 Ideas Worth Stealing
from STORES Magazine
Creativity is a hallmark of the retail industry, and retailers have continued to demonstrate just how inventive, resourceful and imaginative they are over the last 18 months – no small feat given the financial challenges experienced by businesses and consumers alike. Consider the following a retail survival kit for 2010.  More
 

MasterTag Introduces Two New Nursery Tags MasterTag introduces two new nursery tags. Available as a folding or card style tag. Large landscape photos and detailed inset of key attributes such as flower, leaf color or fruit. Text information is based on extensive consumer research. Available with or without bar code, price and D.O.R. Comprehensive variety listing.

Luxe Brands Glisten Again
from Brand Week
The swift regeneration of the U.S. banking system - and the concomitant return of the stock market to increases unseen since 2003 - has dominated the news of recent weeks. And why not? It’s all in sharp contrast to the so-called Main Street economy, where unemployment remains high and retailers continue to struggle. So, is this any time for folks to pop for a platinum-channel-set diamond bracelet? Actually, it just might be.  More
 

California Approves Tough New Green Building code
from Business Green
California has again underlined its status as a pioneer of green legislation, mandating tough new building rules that will require all new buildings in the State to comply with demanding environmental and energy efficiency standards by January 2011. Known as Calgreen, the green building code, which was formally adopted late last week, has been in development since 2007 by California's Building Standards Commission (BSC).  More
 

Product Showcase:    EARTHSCAPES landscape design software   Plug into profits with EARTHSCAPES! The EARTHSCAPES software is a great tool when creating striking landscape designs but it also compliments many of the other unique services your company offers. For example, did you know EARTHSCAPES also creates night light and holiday décor designs? Learn more! Call 330-259-7662 or email sales@visualimpactimaging.com

New Zealand Train Station Transformed Into Green Meadow
from Inhabitat
Often times standing around in even the most modern and sleek subway stations can be an utter drag. But imagine the surprise if your local platform suddenly sprouted a vast green meadow! Not too long ago Auckland New Zealand's Britomart Station received a grassy green makeover that transformed 1,250 square meters of its cold hard concrete into a plush green field.  More
 

Be On the Lookout
from Logistics Management
Nobody is predicting any dramatic post-recession bounce as the national economy slowly emerges from its fitful and uneasy hibernation. On the freight transportation front, carriers in most sectors are still plagued with overcapacity, hoping that consumers will shake off their credit concerns and begin to register the kind of demands for goods that translate into shipping volume growth. But most observers agree that while the economy may have bottomed out in mid-2009, it will be running along the bottom for some time - and there will be no "hockey stick upturn" in demand for goods and services.   More
 

Green Industry Software at the 2010 ANLA Management Clinic! Join us Monday Feb.1 @11am for a session about Production Management software from seed to sale, and Tuesday Feb. 2 @1pm to learn more about the registers of the future - Handheld POS. More Info

Inventory Management Tops 'Critical List' for Companies in 2010
from Supply Chain Brain
Companies adapting to recession and recovery are finding that the dynamic of inventory management is shifting, according to a new white paper from Tompkins Associates. "There have always been conflicting views on the proper levels of inventory, but now we see it elevated to a whole new height of organizational tension," says Jim Tompkins, president and CEO of Tompkins Associates and the paper's co-author. "It's not that the role of inventory has suddenly changed, rather it has evolved."  More
 

Iowa State Student Imprints Messages on Apples
from The Packer
An Iowa State University horticulture student has developed a technology for imprinting messages or logos directly onto apples. Brandon Carpenter, a junior at Iowa State, Ames, placed food-grade stickers on apples that blocked sunlight, and so formed a message while the rest of the apple’s skin turned red with light exposure, according to a university news release.  More
 

Product Showcase:    Enhance Your Soil with EternaGreen™ BioChar BioChar "is much more efficient at enhancing soil quality than any other organic soil amendment" and a "more environmentally conscious use of existing resources" (Lehmann and Joseph, 2009). More info

Pressure's On for Obama to Fill 'Food Czar' Job at USDA
from USA Today
Calls from consumer advocates and politicians are growing louder for the Obama administration to name an undersecretary for food safety at the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, a position unfilled for more than a year.  More
 

'Buy Local' Campaigns Paying Off
from Greenhouse Grower
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How Social Media is Trending to Help Your Green Industry Business
from Lawn & Landscape
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Get Your Community Involved in AIB
from Lawn & Garden Retailer
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Let the Good Times Roll
from Garden Center Magazine
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