It comes round earlier and earlier – or it does if you work in a Garden Centre….Christmas. I was buying bulbs as way of some retail therapy to help get over the economic outlook for 2009 (some nice daffs in Spring I thought).

But on arriving at The Dobbies Gardening Cathedral I found that the bulbs had been moved away in favour of tinsel and fancy xmas wares. It was only the start of October. But it did make me think – if Garden Centres are getting their shop in order – then we’d better check our retailer customers with ecommerce websites and make sure they were also up to speed.

So if you are retailing online remember – xmas is coming the goose is getting fat, please put a penny in the pay pal hat.