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ValleyCrest Acquires Boston-based Waverly Landscape

From Lawn and Landscape Online: BOSTON – ValleyCrest Landscape announced that Waverly Landscape Associates is joining its family of companies via acquisition. The combined landscape operation, with sales of $45 million, serves more than 300 customers in metro Boston. Waverly Landscape Associates was founded nearly 20 years ago and is the market leader in metro Boston. ValleyCrest was founded in 1949 by the Sperber family, who still manages the company today. Since 2001, ValleyCrest has operated a landscape construction and maintenance location in Boston, and as a result of this acquisition has now become the largest landscape company in the … Read more

US Landscaping Services Market to Reach US$80.06 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive US report on Landscaping Services market. Although tempered by the recent economic recession, and subsequent decline in consumer spending, residential housing and construction activity, the landscaping services market in the US is expected recover poise and reach US$80.06 billion by 2015. Post recession economic recovery, resurgence in consumer spending, growing emphasis of homeowners on backyard beautification, and the imminent rise in remodeling activities will be the latent demand drivers triggering long term growth in the US landscaping services market. San Jose, California (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 31, 2010 — The need to beautify commercial/residential … Read more

Deloitte Survey Finds Consumers Recharged

Households’ Economic Outlook Appears to Brighten; Shoppers are Tapping, Typing and Tweeting in the Store and Online NEW YORK, May 19, 2010 – Consumers are becoming confident about the economic recovery and their finances are on the mend, according to a new survey of consumer retail spending and trends from Deloitte. More than half (55 percent) of consumers think the economy has started to recover from the recession, and nearly two-thirds (64 percent) indicate their household financial situation is the same or better compared with a year ago. In addition, nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of survey respondents said they are … Read more

Gallup: U.S. Job Creation Best Since November 2008

PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup’s Job Creation Index finds current job market conditions nationwide to be the best they have been since November 2008. Nationally, the Job Creation Index for April — based on 16,171 U.S. employees’ self-reports of hiring and firing activity at their workplaces — shows that employees’ perceptions improved to +5 — up 3 points from March, and 10 points better than a year ago. Despite its improvement in 2010, the Job Creation Index remains 17 points below its April 2008 level, meaning that job market conditions have a long way to go before they return to where … Read more

Strategies: Why bother with a small business plan?

From USA Today: In this day and age, do you really need a business plan? After all, everyone’s in a hurry. In a world of 140 character tweets, can you really expect anyone to read a 30 page written business plan? Even if you’re courting investors, couldn’t you just send them a few slides and financial projections? The concept of developing a business plan has come under fire in recent years. People have challenged the necessity of creating one, even for the most complex businesses. I’ve heard successful entrepreneurs boast that they’ve raised millions for a venture without a business … Read more