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Garden Center Magazine



Garden Center Magazine

Training in design

Cross marketing

Designing for relaxation

Drawing attention to plants

Creating 'hot spots'

Green ideas for existing stores

A cohesive feel for the store

Merchandising

Principles of a great display

Retailing in a greenhouse

Traffic flow patterns that work

Principles of an effective entrance




Good displays have three things in common, said Elisabeth Jacobsen, professor at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and immediate past chair of the Display and Exhibit Design Department. “They all have to go through a sequence of attracting, convincing and selling.”

Those basic functions involve an entire store. “We teach display as a design method, but it’s really so much more than that. A good merchandiser works with retailers to put everyone’s best foot forward to hopefully create a sale,” Jacobsen said.

Take a seat and hear what a top design professor has to share on how to create great displays in your garden center. Click on a page below to download each article's PDF file.

Page 1
 
  * Basics of
     a great display


 
Page 2
   * Making the grade
   * Don't be afraid
     of humor
 
 
 
Page 3
    * Most common mistakes
    * Cross-merchandising
    * What you should do
      before meeting with
      a professional
    * Meet the professor

 


 

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