Abstract

These data, analyzed by different size population centers, show that there is a relationship between the effectiveness of different media vehicles and the size of the population center in which a garden center is located. In large metro areas (500K +), customer mailings, poster advertising specials, and radio are most effective; in small metro locations (lOO–499K), the most effective vehicles are customer mailings, poster advertising specials, posters in the store, and radio; in large cities/towns (50–99K), the optimum choices are posters in the store, poster advertising specials, neighborhood newspapers, customer mailings, and radio; in small cities/towns (−50K), the best media vehicles are posters in the store and neighborhood newspapers.