Wilsonville, Oregon – The 2016 Farwest Show, August 25-27, in Portland, OR, will sponsor The Garden Center Group’s Retailers’ Choice Awards at this year’s show. The Retailers’ Choice Awards take place at major trade shows around the country each year. At Farwest, representatives of the Garden Center Group will search the Expo ?oor for the top 10 new and innovative plants, hard goods, and services that can make a positive impact on operations and bottom-line performance for independent garden centers.
The Awards process takes place over two days, Thursday, August 25 and Friday, August 26. It will be led by Sid Raisch, Garden Center Group service provider and owner of Horticultural Advantage, horticultural consulting. All garden retailers are welcome to participate in the product search on Thursday, gathering at the Idea Center for Retailers on the Expo ? oor for instruction and survey forms. After searching the ? oor and gathering entries, the team will regroup to compare notes and choose top picks. Winners will be presented at the Idea Center for Retailers on Friday, at 3p. Representatives from companies awarded will share information on their products at that time.
The Retailers’ Choice Award is a program of The Garden Center Group. The Garden Center Group is an alliance of 125 premier garden centers and professional products and service providers from around the country. The Group is not a buying group. It is a resource for solutions to operational issues facing retailers today. The Group focuses on business solutions designed to help independent garden centers increase sales, improve operations and retain more pro? t.
A complete description of The Retailers’ Choice Awards can be seen at www.FarwestShow.com/highlights.
For further questions, contact Allan Niemi, Director of Events, at 503-582-2005 and aniemi@oan.org.
For complete details on this event and others, show schedules, host hotels, speakers, education, and registration, visit www.FarwestShow.org.
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The Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN), based in Wilsonville, represents more than 800 wholesale growers, retailers, landscapers and suppliers. Oregon’s ornamental horticulture industry is one of the state’s largest agricultural commodity, with annual sales of $830 million. Oregon’s nursery industry is a traded sector; nearly 80 percent of the nursery plants grown in Oregon are shipped out of state.
For information, visit www.oan.org or call 503-682-5089.
The Farwest Show, the largest green industry show in the West, is produced by the OAN, a trade organization that rep-resents and serves the interests of the ornamental horticulture industry. Any revenue realized by the OAN is reinvested into the industry through education, research, marketing support and government relations.
For more information about the 2016 Farwest Show, visit www.FarwestShow.com or call 503-682-5089.
Source: The Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN)
