Nursery Industry Tries To Keep Abreast Of Consumers Landscaping Trade

The typical garden products consumer is older and usually in a married household Landscaping. While more women participate in gardening sales, men spend considerably more. Another report showed men spent 19.9 percent more than women , another recent change, McCoy said. This may be due to men buying expensive equipment while women buy less expensive .Meanwhile, a Garden Writers Association survey indicated 11 percent of plan to decrease their gardening activities . The same survey showed a 40 percent increase in landscape projects done by professional services.

Despite this countertrend of paying for landscaping services , DIY sales were up 19 percent, with more than 10 billion in sales.While a fledgling anti-big trend is moving customers away from large mass merchandisers , garden centers are seeing only slight sales increases. Competition from other outlets, such as hardware and feed stores, have decreased sales, according to the NGA survey . But the Internet has had the most impact with dramatic sales growth .

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