During the General Members Meeting ( GMM ) of Plantion on 9 June , cooperative chair René Willemsen and Managing Director André van Kruijssen looked back at the unequalled year 2020 , in which the annual upset was almost 4 pct high-pitched than the year before . Those present in the room and the witness watching from plate were taken through a livestream to the innovations that Plantion will enforce in the come eld , starting with an upgrade of the auction way .
Plantion recorded a goodly turnover increase of 3.7 pct for 2020 . Behind this seemingly ' normal ' pct is the chronicle of a unique twelvemonth with a lockdown , measures , employee solve from place , partial shop closures , decisive and compromising response and a rapid recovery of trade . Once again , flowers and plants prove to be an significant author of puff in what was for many a unmanageable clip . As in the old global crisis , the cosmetic plant sphere therefore execute well .
The pandemic caused the ploughshare of online purchasing to prove sharply , with an extreme superlative in March and one in December when the ploughshare even reached 30 percent . This essence will keep in the first five month of 2021 , partly thanks to the speech service that more and more customers are using .
Managing Director André van Kruijssen
Plantion achieved its turnover increment in 2020 thanks to damage formation , with like numbers similar in former years . It took a lot of seek to supply enough mass to the marketplace . partially as a result of this , the effect in 2020 was lower ( 121 thousand euro ) than in 2019 ( 880 thousand euro ) .
The decorate up online version of the one-year composition with the theme : ' Vitamin gravitational constant , the baron of flower and industrial plant in a crisis ' can be viewed viathislink . A PDF of the annual reputation can be find on the Plantionwebsite .
State of function 2021The first five month of 2021 also show a substantial ascent in turnover ( 11 percent ) . Turnover from digital sale doubled , in the main thanks to a strong increase in Klok Voorverkoop ( Auction Presales ) . Here too , the picture is somewhat distorted : the gain in turnover is a result of price formation . Plantion is have difficulty obtaining sufficient quantity of product for the vendue , mediation , green centre and digital marketplace . To modify this , members and Edgar Albert Guest appendage are boost to supply more for , in particular , the auction clock and auction clock presale . Plantion is organize a numeral of cozy regional meeting for provider this year to increase their interest in the marketplace . The first merging is on 24 June for suppliers in the Arnhem - Nijmegen neighborhood .
Co - running chairwoman René Willemsen
Besides involvement , innovation is also a spearpoint in 2021 . Plantion is investing in the renovation of its sales hall , for example . This summertime , cameras will be installed to insure that auction buyers who buy remotely will really see the carts seem in their KOA program via livestream . In September , the six beam screens in the clock front will be replace by one hypermodern LED filmdom . All this should chip in to a good experience in the auction bridge room and more remote clock buyers .
Another spearhead in 2021 is supporting customer in their local marketing , for example by providing subject matter , theme flower cards and other promotional material .
Policy programme 2022 - 2025Later this year , Plantion will present its policy plan for the period 2022 - 2025 . The central focus of this design will be ' providing supply value and unburden suppliers and customers ' . Plantion is process towards a 24/7 serve with good ( veridical - time ) reporting , demand - driven elaboration of services and an yearly growth of 10 percent . To make this possible , investiture are being made in secure customer facilities , mechanisation of distribution , added economic value in logistics , informative apps and skill .
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