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These excerpts taken from the SMG 10-K filed Dec 3, 2008. Competitive
Marketplace
Our major customers include home centers, mass merchandisers,
warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware
stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores,
commercial nurseries and greenhouses and specialty crop growers.
Each of our segments participates in markets that are highly
competitive and many of our competitors sell their products at
prices lower than ours. The Company attributes its market
leadership and continued success in the lawn and garden category
to our industry-leading brands, innovative products,
award-winning advertising, supply chain excellence, highly
effective field sales and merchandising organization and the
strength of our relationships with major retailers in our
product categories.
In the North American Global Consumer do-it-yourself lawn and
garden and pest control markets, we compete primarily against
“private label” products as well as branded products.
“Private label” products are those sold under a
retailer-owned label or a supplier-owned label, which are sold
exclusively at a
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specific retail chain. Recently, the Company’s largest
North American competitor, Spectrum Brands, announced it would
cease competing in the lawn fertilizer, grass seed and growing
media categories. As a result, some of our retail partners have
approached us regarding the possibility of providing private
label solutions for them in these product categories. We believe
such an opportunity, if executed, could be beneficial to both
the Company and our retail partners.
The Company continues to compete with Spectrum Brands in other
lawn and garden categories. We also compete with Bayer AG,
Central Garden & Pet Company, Enforcer Products, Inc.,
Green Light Company and Lebanon Seaboard Corporation. In
addition, we face competition from regional competitors who
compete primarily on the basis of price for commodity growing
media business.
Internationally, we face strong competition in the consumer
do-it-yourself lawn and garden market, particularly in Europe.
Our competitors in the European Union include Bayer AG, Compo
GmbH, a subsidiary of K&S Aktiengesellschaft (which owns
the
Compo®,
Sem®
and
Algoflash®
brands), Westland Horticulture and a variety of local companies.
In the North American Global Professional horticulture markets,
we face a broad range of competition from numerous companies
such as Agrium, Inc., Haifa Chemicals Ltd., Chisso Asahi
Fertilizer Co. Ltd., Syngenta AG and Bayer AG. Some of these
competitors have significant financial resources and research
departments.
The international Global Professional horticulture markets in
which we compete are also very competitive, particularly the
markets for controlled-release and water-soluble fertilizer
products. We have numerous U.S. and European competitors in
these international markets, including Pursell Industries, Inc.,
Compo GmbH, a subsidiary of K&S Aktiengesellschaft, Norsk
Hydro ASA, Haifa Chemicals Ltd. and Kemira Oyj.
We have the second largest market share position in the
fragmented U.S. do-it-for-me lawn care service market. We
compete against
TruGreen-ChemLawn®,
a division of ServiceMaster, which has the leading market share
in the U.S. lawn care service market and has a
substantially larger share of this market than Scotts
LawnService®,
as well as numerous regional and local lawn care services
operations.
Competitive Marketplace Our major customers include home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores, commercial nurseries and greenhouses and specialty crop growers. Each of our segments participates in markets that are highly competitive and many of our competitors sell their products at prices lower than ours. The Company attributes its market leadership and continued success in the lawn and garden category to our industry-leading brands, innovative products, award-winning advertising, supply chain excellence, highly effective field sales and merchandising organization and the strength of our relationships with major retailers in our product categories. In the North American Global Consumer do-it-yourself lawn and garden and pest control markets, we compete primarily against “private label” products as well as branded products. “Private label” products are those sold under a retailer-owned label or a supplier-owned label, which are sold exclusively at a Table of Contentsspecific retail chain. Recently, the Company’s largest North American competitor, Spectrum Brands, announced it would cease competing in the lawn fertilizer, grass seed and growing media categories. As a result, some of our retail partners have approached us regarding the possibility of providing private label solutions for them in these product categories. We believe such an opportunity, if executed, could be beneficial to both the Company and our retail partners. The Company continues to compete with Spectrum Brands in other lawn and garden categories. We also compete with Bayer AG, Central Garden & Pet Company, Enforcer Products, Inc., Green Light Company and Lebanon Seaboard Corporation. In addition, we face competition from regional competitors who compete primarily on the basis of price for commodity growing media business. Internationally, we face strong competition in the consumer do-it-yourself lawn and garden market, particularly in Europe. Our competitors in the European Union include Bayer AG, Compo GmbH, a subsidiary of K&S Aktiengesellschaft (which owns the Compo®, Sem® and Algoflash® brands), Westland Horticulture and a variety of local companies. In the North American Global Professional horticulture markets, we face a broad range of competition from numerous companies such as Agrium, Inc., Haifa Chemicals Ltd., Chisso Asahi Fertilizer Co. Ltd., Syngenta AG and Bayer AG. Some of these competitors have significant financial resources and research departments. The international Global Professional horticulture markets in which we compete are also very competitive, particularly the markets for controlled-release and water-soluble fertilizer products. We have numerous U.S. and European competitors in these international markets, including Pursell Industries, Inc., Compo GmbH, a subsidiary of K&S Aktiengesellschaft, Norsk Hydro ASA, Haifa Chemicals Ltd. and Kemira Oyj. We have the second largest market share position in the fragmented U.S. do-it-for-me lawn care service market. We compete against TruGreen-ChemLawn®, a division of ServiceMaster, which has the leading market share in the U.S. lawn care service market and has a substantially larger share of this market than Scotts LawnService®, as well as numerous regional and local lawn care services operations. These excerpts taken from the SMG 10-K filed Nov 25, 2008. Competitive
Marketplace
Our major customers include home centers, mass merchandisers,
warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware
stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores,
commercial nurseries and greenhouses and specialty crop growers.
Each of our segments participates in markets that are highly
competitive and many of our competitors sell their products at
prices lower than ours. The Company attributes its market
leadership and continued success in the lawn and garden category
to our industry-leading brands, innovative products,
award-winning advertising, supply chain excellence, highly
effective field sales and merchandising organization and the
strength of our relationships with major retailers in our
product categories.
In the North American Global Consumer do-it-yourself lawn and
garden and pest control markets, we compete primarily against
“private label” products as well as branded products.
“Private label” products are those sold under a
retailer-owned label or a supplier-owned label, which are sold
exclusively at a specific retail chain. Recently, the
Company’s largest North American competitor, Spectrum
Brands, announced it would cease competing in the lawn
fertilizer, grass seed and growing media categories. As a
result, some of our retail partners have approached us regarding
the possibility of providing private label solutions for them in
these product categories. We believe such an opportunity, if
executed, could be beneficial to both the Company and our retail
partners.
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The Company continues to compete with Spectrum Brands in other
lawn and garden categories. We also compete with Bayer AG,
Central Garden & Pet Company, Enforcer Products, Inc.,
Green Light Company and Lebanon Seaboard Corporation. In
addition, we face competition from regional competitors who
compete primarily on the basis of price for commodity growing
media business.
Internationally, we face strong competition in the consumer
do-it-yourself lawn and garden market, particularly in Europe.
Our competitors in the European Union include Bayer AG, Compo
GmbH, a subsidiary of K&S Aktiengesellschaft (which owns
the
Compo®,
Sem®
and
Algoflash®
brands), Westland Horticulture and a variety of local companies.
In the North American Global Professional horticulture markets,
we face a broad range of competition from numerous companies
such as Agrium, Inc., Haifa Chemicals Ltd., Chisso Asahi
Fertilizer Co. Ltd., Syngenta AG and Bayer AG. Some of these
competitors have significant financial resources and research
departments.
The international Global Professional horticulture markets in
which we compete are also very competitive, particularly the
markets for controlled-release and water-soluble fertilizer
products. We have numerous U.S. and European competitors in
these international markets, including Pursell Industries, Inc.,
Compo GmbH, a subsidiary of K&S Aktiengesellschaft, Norsk
Hydro ASA, Haifa Chemicals Ltd. and Kemira Oyj.
We have the second largest market share position in the
fragmented U.S. do-it-for-me lawn care service market. We
compete against
TruGreen-ChemLawn®,
a division of ServiceMaster, which has the leading market share
in the U.S. lawn care service market and has a
substantially larger share of this market than Scotts
LawnService®,
as well as numerous regional and local lawn care services
operations.
Competitive Marketplace Our major customers include home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores, commercial nurseries and greenhouses and specialty crop growers. Each of our segments participates in markets that are highly competitive and many of our competitors sell their products at prices lower than ours. The Company attributes its market leadership and continued success in the lawn and garden category to our industry-leading brands, innovative products, award-winning advertising, supply chain excellence, highly effective field sales and merchandising organization and the strength of our relationships with major retailers in our product categories. In the North American Global Consumer do-it-yourself lawn and garden and pest control markets, we compete primarily against “private label” products as well as branded products. “Private label” products are those sold under a retailer-owned label or a supplier-owned label, which are sold exclusively at a specific retail chain. Recently, the Company’s largest North American competitor, Spectrum Brands, announced it would cease competing in the lawn fertilizer, grass seed and growing media categories. As a result, some of our retail partners have approached us regarding the possibility of providing private label solutions for them in these product categories. We believe such an opportunity, if executed, could be beneficial to both the Company and our retail partners. Table of ContentsThe Company continues to compete with Spectrum Brands in other lawn and garden categories. We also compete with Bayer AG, Central Garden & Pet Company, Enforcer Products, Inc., Green Light Company and Lebanon Seaboard Corporation. In addition, we face competition from regional competitors who compete primarily on the basis of price for commodity growing media business. Internationally, we face strong competition in the consumer do-it-yourself lawn and garden market, particularly in Europe. Our competitors in the European Union include Bayer AG, Compo GmbH, a subsidiary of K&S Aktiengesellschaft (which owns the Compo®, Sem® and Algoflash® brands), Westland Horticulture and a variety of local companies. In the North American Global Professional horticulture markets, we face a broad range of competition from numerous companies such as Agrium, Inc., Haifa Chemicals Ltd., Chisso Asahi Fertilizer Co. Ltd., Syngenta AG and Bayer AG. Some of these competitors have significant financial resources and research departments. The international Global Professional horticulture markets in which we compete are also very competitive, particularly the markets for controlled-release and water-soluble fertilizer products. We have numerous U.S. and European competitors in these international markets, including Pursell Industries, Inc., Compo GmbH, a subsidiary of K&S Aktiengesellschaft, Norsk Hydro ASA, Haifa Chemicals Ltd. and Kemira Oyj. We have the second largest market share position in the fragmented U.S. do-it-for-me lawn care service market. We compete against TruGreen-ChemLawn®, a division of ServiceMaster, which has the leading market share in the U.S. lawn care service market and has a substantially larger share of this market than Scotts LawnService®, as well as numerous regional and local lawn care services operations. This excerpt taken from the SMG 10-K filed Nov 29, 2007. Competitive
Marketplace
Our major customers include home improvement centers, mass
merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains,
independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and
drug stores, commercial nurseries and greenhouses, and specialty
crop growers. Each of our segments participates in markets that
are highly competitive and many of our competitors sell their
products at prices lower than ours. The Company attributes its
market leadership and continued success in the lawn and garden
category to our industry-leading brands, innovative products,
award-winning advertising, supply chain excellence, highly
effective field sales and merchandising organization, and the
strength of our relationships with major retailers in our
product categories.
In the North American consumer do-it-yourself lawn and garden
markets and pest control markets, we compete primarily against
“control label” products as well as branded products.
“Control label” products are those sold under a
retailer-owned label or a supplier-owned label, which are sold
exclusively at a specific retail chain. The control label
products that we compete with include
Vigoro®
products sold at Home Depot, and
Sta-Green®
products sold at Lowe’s. Our competitors in branded lawn
and garden products and the consumer pest control markets
include Spectrum Brands, Bayer AG, Central Garden &
Pet Company, Garden Tech, Enforcer Products, Inc., Green Light
Company and Lebanon Chemical Corp.
With respect to growing media products, in addition to
nationally distributed, branded competitive products, we face
competition from regional competitors who compete primarily on
the basis of price for commodity growing media business.
In the North American professional horticulture markets, we face
a broad range of competition from numerous companies such as
Agrium, Haifa Chemicals Ltd., Chisso Asahi Fertilizer Co. Ltd.,
Syngenta, and Bayer AG. Some of these competitors have
significant financial resources and research departments.
We have the second largest market share position in the
U.S. do-it-for-me lawn care service market. We compete
against
TruGreen-ChemLawn®,
a division of ServiceMaster, which has the leading market share
in the U.S. lawn care service market and has a
substantially larger share of this market than Scotts
LawnService®,
as well as numerous regional and local lawn care services
operations.
Internationally, we face strong competition in the consumer
do-it-yourself lawn and garden market, particularly in Europe.
Our competitors in the European Union include Bayer AG,
Kali & Salz (which owns the Compo, Algoflash brands),
Westland and a variety of local companies.
The International professional horticulture markets in which we
compete are also very competitive, particularly the markets for
controlled-release and water-soluble fertilizer products. We
have numerous U.S. and European competitors in these
international markets, including Pursell Industries, Inc., Compo
GmbH, a subsidiary of Kali & Salz, Norsk Hydro ASA,
Haifa Chemicals Ltd. and Kemira Oyj.
This excerpt taken from the SMG 10-K filed Dec 14, 2006. Competitive
Marketplace
Our major customers include home improvement centers, mass
merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains,
independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and
drug stores, commercial nurseries and greenhouses, and specialty
crop growers. Each of our segments participates in markets that
are highly competitive and many of our competitors sell their
products at prices lower than ours. The Company attributes its
market leadership and continued success in the lawn and garden
category to our industry-leading brands, innovative products,
award-winning
advertising, supply chain excellence, highly knowledgeable field
sales and merchandising organization, and the strength of our
relationships with major retailers in our product categories.
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In the North American consumer do-it-yourself lawn and garden
markets and pest control markets, we compete primarily against
“control label” products as well as branded products.
“Control label” products are those sold under a
retailer-owned label or a supplier-owned label, which are sold
exclusively at a specific retail chain. The control label
products that we compete with include
Vigoro®
products sold at Home Depot,
Sta-Green®
products sold at Lowe’s, and
KGro®
products sold at Kmart. Our competitors in branded lawn and
garden products and the consumer pest control markets include
Spectrum Brands, Bayer AG, Central Garden & Pet
Company, Garden Tech, Enforcer Products, Inc., Green Light
Company and Lebanon Chemical Corp.
With respect to growing media products, in addition to
nationally distributed, branded competitive products, we face
competition from regional competitors who compete primarily on
the basis of price for commodity growing media business.
In the North American professional horticulture markets, we face
a broad range of competition from numerous companies ranging in
size from multi-national chemical and fertilizer companies such
as Dow AgroSciences Company, Uniroyal Chemical Corporation and
Chisso-Asahi Fertilizer Co. Ltd., to smaller, specialized
companies such as Pursell Technologies, Inc., Sun
Gro-U.S. (a division of Hines Horticulture, Inc.) and
Fafard, Inc. Some of these competitors have significant
financial resources and research departments.
We have the second largest market share position in the
U.S. do-it-for-me lawn care service market. We compete
against
TruGreen-ChemLawn®,
a division of ServiceMaster, which has the leading market share
in the U.S. lawn care service market and has a
substantially larger share of this market than Scotts
LawnService®,
as well as numerous regional and local lawn care services
operations.
Internationally, we face strong competition in the consumer
do-it-yourself lawn and garden market, particularly in Europe.
Our competitors in the European Union include Bayer AG,
Kali & Salz (which owns the Compo, Algoflash brands)
and a variety of local companies.
The International professional horticulture markets in which we
compete are also very competitive, particularly the markets for
controlled-release and water-soluble fertilizer products. We
have numerous U.S. and European competitors in these
international markets, including Pursell Industries, Inc., Compo
GmbH, a subsidiary of Kali & Salz, Norsk Hydro ASA,
Haifa Chemicals Ltd. and Kemira Oyj.
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