Oct 9, 2013
Consulting Firm The Garden Center Group Announces Management ChangeSource: The Garden Center Group

The Garden Center Group has announced that beginning October 1, 2013, Danny Summers, Summers & Associates, LLC, assumed the role of Managing Director of The Garden Center Group.

The Garden Center Group has announced that beginning October 1, 2013, Danny Summers, Summers & Associates, LLC, assumed the role of Managing Director of The Garden Center Group.

Since joining The Group in February of 2012 as Community Manager, Summers has played a major role in managing the growth of The Garden Center Group community and promoting participation in the common goal of helping all companies involved in The Group to increase market share, sales and profits.

“With great confidence and expectation the board of directors of The Garden Center Group has contracted Summers & Associates, LLC to provide management services to The Group allowing me to get back to what I do best,” says former managing director Robert Hendrickson. “Trying to do two jobs (managing director of The Group and consultant to individual garden centers), a task I tell garden centers not to attempt, means there are times when neither role receives proper attention. So, it’s time to take my own advice,” he added.

“The Group has a unique position in the industry with a great combination of consulting services, client financial sharing and benchmarking, as well as close collaboration with key vendors, all with one goal in mind… helping independent garden centers be more successful in their business,” Summers said.

The Garden Center Group focuses on business solutions designed to help garden centers increase sales, improve operations and retain more profit. With a support team of leading industry professionals offering business management, financial, marketing, HR services and more.