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Best of British ad campaign

Cuprinol will launch a new tv ad campaign on April 18, celebrating Britain's 'Garden Stars' with real people in real gardens. 
6 April 2011

Improved protection

It's rust, not break-ins, that destroys most padlocks, says Abus, so the company has developed 'NanoProtect' to ensure its essential components are rust-resistant for 40 years. 
5 April 2011

Growing GYO

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has extended its range of grow your own products to make the most of this growing trend. 
31 March 2011

Cuprinol gets GCG listing

Garden woodcare brand Cuprinol has secured a listing with The Garden Centre Group, the UK's largest garden centre chain with 119 centres nationwide. 
30 March 2011

Year-round revenue

Launched at Gardeners' World Live in 1998, Tubtrugs Flexible continue to be top sellers for supplier Faulks & Co. 
29 March 2011

£6m ad spend for Scotts

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has announced a £6m spend on TV advertising for 2011, a 13% increase on 2010. 
28 March 2011

Connecting with the consumer

Bayer Garden is investing in fostering a dialogue with consumers to increase awareness of its products, promotions (there are currently two major ones) and competitions, and of course, to drive sales. 
28 March 2011

Pumping up sales

Demand for ready-to-use weedkillers and big pack products is on the up now the season is underway says Roundup. 
24 March 2011

Bumper crops with Botanico

Botanico, the grow your own brand from Solus, offers a wide range of products to help gardeners ensure a bumper tomato crop. 
23 March 2011

Draper debuts new lines

Draper Tools has launched its 2011 gardening tools catalogue, featuring more than 470 products. 
23 March 2011

Tidy profits with Homespares

The wall-mounted Bruns Tool Tidy secures tools safely and neatly, using a mechanism that applies grip evenly and proportional to the weight of the item. 
22 March 2011

Best in show

RoseClear Ultra from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was awarded Best New Retail Product at the recent Golden Acres GAN tradeshow. 
22 March 2011

Tile promotion

British Ceramic Tile is currently running a 10% off promotion on its Buxton wall tile range from this month until the end of May 2011. 
21 March 2011

Take décor outdoors

Plastikote's new Outdoor range, launched last month, allows consumers to take interior colour schemes outside. 
21 March 2011

Urban solution

Linde Material Handling has launched the CiTi truck, a new product designed to make light work of palletised deliveries to DIY and homewares centres. 
18 March 2011
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