Around 2,100 exhibitors from 60 countries will be presenting the entire world of the garden to the international trade audience at spoga+gafa in Cologne from 2 to 4 September 2018. Once again, this year a comprehensive and interesting event programme is being offered. Here a few of the highlights:
The magazine “Mein schöner Garten” (My beautiful garden) has determined the top 500 garden centres and DIY stores with garden departments and published the results in its May edition. Over 8,800 customer opinions on 2,300 garden centres and DIY stores with garden departments in Germany were collected and evaluated for the purpose. In most of the federal states the owner-run establishments came off best. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the Mencke Garden Centre in Sprockhövel topped the ranks.
Klaus Peter Teipel is an expert for the market segments DIY and handymen, house and garden as well as for the entire living market sector. He has been supporting both national and international companies from the trade and industry for over 20 years regarding market analytical and strategic questions, but also with the development of concepts and strategies. In addition to his research and consulting activities, in his capacity as a proven industry specialist, he is a sought-after speaker at many congresses and events.
Anna Hackstein is Managing Director of Industrieverband Garten (IVG) e.V. / Industry Garden Association since September 2017. The business administration graduate has been working for the IVG since 2015 and was initially responsible for the Marketing and Communications section, before taking over responsibility for managing the association originally on a provisional basis in the spring of 2017. The association currently unites just under 140 member-companies of the garden industry and its core competences lie in providing information, networking, PR work and lobbying.
Oliver Mathys is an acknowledged market expert and networker of the green industry. The self-employed consultant from the Netherlands has been working in the plant and flower sector for over 30 years at an international level. As a marketing and sales consultant, he develops sales concepts and supports companies with the implementation thereof and with training employees. Via his agency, Oliver M. Consulting, today he concentrates on the entire supply chain and all sales channels as well as on the analysis of consumer needs.