Danny Summers

Danny Summers Managing director and chief instigator, The Garden Center Group

Managing director and chief instigator, The Garden Center Group

Danny Summers has served as managing director of The Garden Center Group since 2015. His journey began in major retail followed by lawn and garden distribution management to managing one of the industry’s largest associations and trade shows. Danny is recognized for his straightforward approach and ability to see the “big picture” to provide a roadmap for a garden center to succeed.

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  • 20/23 Vision: A Look Ahead in the Retail Industry

    Room B113

    Speaker: Danny Summers, Managing Director, The Garden Center Group
    Major shifts have occurred throughout industries, organizations, and the entire world over the past two and a half years. Garden Retailing is no exception. As we look forward to 2023, Danny Summers of The Garden Center Group will take a look back and share a collection of stats and observations to help you prepare for 2023 — and beyond. The Garden Center Group is North America’s resource for solutions for garden retailing — benchmarking, budgeting, inventory and margins, marketing, merchandising, brand building, property and site design, human resources, team building, succession, and more.

    Registration Required

  • 20/24 Vision for Garden Retailing

    Room B110

    Speaker: Danny Summers, Managing Director/Chief Instigator, The Garden Center Group

    Garden retailing has experienced major growth in new customers and sales since 2019. As we look forward to 2024, Danny will share insight of the The Group's 150+ Garden Centers performances and the Best Practices Benchmarks from The Group's Annual P&L Studies of 2020, 2021, and 2022 plus additional observations and trends to help you prepare for 2024–and beyond.

    Registration Required

  • Retailers Choice Awards – Judging

    Judging in room A103 | Awards at the Solution Center

    This FREE mini-session is included with your trade show pass! Come see the what won as the best new products, both live goods and hard goods, for their stores!

  • Danny Summers Managing director and chief instigator, The Garden Center Group

    The Garden Retailing Train

    Room B110

    Speaker: Danny Summers, Managing Director/Chief Instigator, The Garden Center Group Garden retailing is changing. It's like a train moving down the tracks to a new

  • Danny Summers Managing director and chief instigator, The Garden Center Group

    The Garden Retailing Train: Looking Ahead to 2026

    Room B110

    Garden retailing is like a train moving down the tracks to a new destination and the constant evolution of trends and management needs requires you to stay on the train in order to meet the changing needs of the consumer. Garden retailing has experienced major growth in new customers and sales since 2019. [read more]

  • Retailers’ Choice Awards

    Judging in room A103 | Awards at the Solution Center

    Speaker: Danny Summers
    This FREE mini-session is included with your trade show pass! Don’t miss the Retailers Choice Awards that will be presented this year by Danny Summers! Come see the what won as the best new products, both live goods and hard goods, for their stores!

    FREE