Convenience buying: Despite many challenges, cash Scarries are showing every sign of continuing to grow in 2010

摘要

Are cash & carries going the same way as garden centres, with chains of outlets providing nationwide coverage? Wyevale Nurseries sales and marketing director Doug Reade believes his company can mirror what his namesake chain of garden centres achieved in the 1970s and 1980s (Hw, 4 February). But the path will not be entirely smooth. Here, representatives of three of the biggest cash & carry operators outline what challenges they face and what customers can expect from them in the future.