The companies taking part in our Meet the Buyer event on Thursday, 13 March 2025 are:
Floralux and Tuinadvies, Belgium – www.floralux.be and www.tuinadvies.be / www.tuinadvies.nl
Originally established as a florist’s in 1956, today Floralux’s flagship garden centre in Dadizele is one of the largest in Belgium, with a sales area of 25,000m2, 150 staff, parking for 1,500 cars and annual turnover of around €45 million. Its location in West Flanders, close to the French border, means it attracts customers from northern France as well as from Belgium. In recent years, Floralux has expanded, opening a second 15,500m2 garden centre in Ham in eastern Belgium in May 2018, and a 10,000m2 garden centre in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw on the outskirts of Brussels in autumn 2019. Floralux also owns Florink Nederland BV, a central buying operation for plants and flowers, which is located in Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. Floralux aims to offer the widest possible variety of quality practical and decorative gardening products, along with home decoration/gifts, at good prices. They particularly try to inspire their customers to create ambience in both their homes and gardens. The Dadizele centre has a pet section too.
In 2017, Floralux acquired the mail-order/online business Tuinadvies. Tuinadvies offers a very broad range of practical gardening supplies, decoration, outdoor leisure, greenhouses, along with pet and wildlife supplies – a total of 25,000 items. The web-store is one of the most visited garden sites in Belgium and the Netherlands, with 14 million visitors per year and 500,000 customers. Floralux already imports a few products for the garden centres direct from the UK and Tuinadvies works with a number of UK suppliers.
The whole Floralux/Tuinadvies business is owned and managed by two families.
The buyers from both Floralux and Tuinadvies are taking part in our event. They are looking for all types of gardening equipment and supplies for both sides of the business. The buyer from Floralux is also interested in bbqs/fire-pits.
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Warmako, Netherlands – www.warmako.com
For almost 35 years, Warmako has been the distributor for innovative and well-known brands (such as Almo Nature, West Paw, PetSafe) in the pet industry in Europe. The company believes in partnering with the best brands per product category to give its customers the greatest choice of products. From warehousing and fulfilment to marketing and brand development, Warmako manages the entire value chain to serve its customers.
As an omni-channel distributor, Warmako leverages a strong global network to connect brands and customers. From its headquarters in Rotterdam and warehouses in the Netherlands and Germany, thousands of business customers across Europe are served every day, ranging from pet specialty shops, retail chains and garden centres to online retailers and other professionals. Warmako has its own sales force visiting independent shops, and key-account managers working with every major pet chain in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, eg Fressnapf, Pets Place, Tom & Co etc.
Via Warmako’s online B2B platform, customers have access to its portfolio of premium brands where they can view items, get inspired by unique content and respond to the latest trends by ordering unique concept products. This demand-driven order process offers Warmako’s customers the ability to place an order whenever it is convenient for them, mix and match brands, order products in any quantity, and replenish when they are ready. In addition, Warmako provides extra services, such as drop-shipping from its inventory. This allows customers to offer a wide range of products to their clients without having to hold stock themselves. Orders are delivered directly to the end customer or to the store within 24 hours.
The owner and procurement director are looking for innovative and unique pet brands in the following categories: pet accessories, snacks and wet food – for cats & dogs only.
