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Tag: Great Recession
Landscaper Profiles
Leaner, meaner: Seasonal Services focuses on how to improve daily
Details matter at Bret Achtenhagen’s Seasonal Services, based in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, and this goes beyond what happens on a customer’s landscape but also goes into how the company is run and finds cost savings. “It’s not about the dollars,” says Bret Achtenhagen, president and CEO of the company. “It’s about the pennies.” One tool that […]
September 18, 2019
Business
Warning of Christmas tree shortage prompts concern of higher prices
The shortage is due to the recession in 2008. It takes around 10 years for Christmas trees to reach their desired height so the scarcity is only being felt now.
November 30, 2017
Business
Virginia nurseries, greenhouses gain traction after recession years
The Great Recession continues to haunt many individuals and industries, but in Virginia nurseries and greenhouses are booming. Click to read how they've done it.
May 10, 2016
Business
Landscapers to find supplies of popular plants, trees remain tight in 2016
Landscape contractors can look forward to another season in which sourcing plants needed for commercial and residential installations will be challenging -- thanks to a plant shortage.
March 23, 2016
Business
Nurseries, like landscapers, often hurting for adequate staff
Finding and keeping good labor is a challenge, but with spring just around the corner, some nurseries in particular are struggling -- just like landscapers.
February 16, 2016
Business
Construction Equipment Industry Making Strong, Quick Recovery from Recession
According to a new study of the construction equipment industry released Tuesday by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, the industry was among the quickest to recover from the throes of the Great Recession and contributes nearly four times its market share in value to the U.S. economy.
September 10, 2014
Business
Top 10 Attachments
Until just recently, the Great Recession put a good many landscapers across the country in survival mode. A dearth of new home construction along with a tsunami of foreclosures and high unemployment resulted in the loss of many longtime landscape maintenance customers as well as the availability of new landscaping projects. As a result, many landscapers have been forced to reconsider the equipment they need to remain productive and profitable.
February 15, 2013
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