Global Consultancy Director Josh McBain will be offering Garden Centre Association ( GCA ) members an perceptiveness into ' The Future of Garden Retailing ' at its 2024 Conference in January ( January 28 until 31 , 2024 ) .
Josh is the first speaker to take to the podium on Monday , January 29 , and will illume attendees with his predictions for garden centers – the chief theme for 2024 ’s event .
Chairman - Elect for 2024/25 , Will Blake , explicate : " Josh is Global Consultancy Director at Foresight Factory and launch the enquiry for the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group ’s ' Growing a Green Economy ' report in 2021 , which demo the succeeding time value the industry could have in drive UK economic growth .
" He ’s also been listed by Data IQ magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people working in Big Data in the UK . "
Josh connect Foresight Factory in 2012 and has since then been heavy involved in build up the companionship ’s thinking towards the hereafter of sustainability , retail , technology , and the consumer earth .
Expanding the company ’s style analysis , he has worked with manufacture bodies and lead global brands to get a wide range of reports on topics from the future tense of Ornamental Horticulture to the Fourth Industrial Revolution .
Josh has presented regularly at horticultural manufacture events during the preceding 10 , including those for the Horticultural Trades Association ( HTA ) , Garden Industry ’s Manufacturers ' Association ( GIMA ) , and the International Association of Horticultural Producers ( AIPH ) .
GCA CEO Peter Burks says : " We ’re really looking forward to hearing what insights Josh can offer us all to help us drive our industry forward so it carry on to prosper in the hereafter . This class ’s group discussion is very much about the way before and how we evolve and cover all the opportunities uncommitted to us , as well as ensuring we ’re doing all that we can do with respect to sustainability . "
" To bump out more about our 2024 league , please visit our member ' surgical incision on our website . There is also a dedicated email for any queries members and those wishing to book may have:[email protected ] . If non - members would wish to join us so they can attend , please email us at[email protected ] . Until the end of November 2023 , we ’re also offer a 10 % discount to early booking agent . "
" There are other discounts available for garden centers who have not been to our conference before and for Young People in Horticulture Association ( YPHA ) members too . "
For more selective information : Garden Centre AssociationTel . : 01244 952170[email protected]gca.org.uk
