Hardware Africa 2014 2014 | Page 94

OUTDOOR The secret margin In today’s world of instant satisfaction, hardware store retailers need to have a couple of tricks up their sleeve to offer a better experience than the store around the corner. Nurseries and garden sections have been an integral part of certain hardware retailers for a number of years. Hardware Africa has asked some of South Africa’s most prominent gardening equipment and product suppliers where retailers can grow the ir margins even further. Attractive ‘look at me’ pictures for quick sell through. Largest range of Vegetables, Herbs and Flower seeds adaptable to all areas in Africa. • • • • • Fa st turna round Hap py customers More i ncome per m 2 Foi l p acked for freshness All sta r t from seed Also available: K irch h off ’s ran ge of In sec tic ides an d Fer tilizers – th e environ men tally fr ien dly option . a brand o f (Pty) Ltd quality since 1894 Kirchhoff ’s, PO Box 3691, H o n ey d ew 2040 T: 0 1 1 7 9 4 2 316. M: in fo @b a lls t ra a t h o f.c o.za 94 HARDWARE AFRICA 2014 BALL STRAATHOFF Ballstraathof is a well established seed company. Its packet seed range is Kirchhoff seed, which has been available since 1894. Kirchhoffs packets do not contain any GMO or Hybrid seed, and is a full range of flowers, vegetables, herbs and grass seed. The company also has many other gardening related products that it sells, such as bird seed, bird feeders, other birding products, gardening hand tools, irrigation products, an organic range of fertilisers, pesticides, insecticides and fungicides, planting bags, plastic pots, grow your own kits and many other products. All products are specifically focused on home gardeners and environmentally friendly gardening.