Horti-Zombies Come Alive!

Finding someone to blame for our woes helps somehow don’t you think? The weather, the economy, the fickle consumer, the grower, the banker, the liberal media, the conservative media, the government, the…oh those have all been covered. Well let’s talk about our own problems then.

Zombie Stores and Zombie Departments

Economic conditions have caused many retailers (garden centers included) to reduce inventories. Whether they were operating with an unproductive portion of their merchandise mix, or simply were over-buying and had too much inventory at the wrong time in the wrong amount, the net effect is less inventory. Some retailers handle that better than others.Ted Hulbut suggests they will become Zombie Stores and Zombie Departments. This falls in line with my previous post, but takes it straight to the sales floor.

Horticulture Zombieconomy

There has been a quiet but growing sound of discomfort over something a gentleman you have probably not heard of said about the state of the response of American business to the economic situation. His characterization was about the Zombieconomy,