Contents:
FEBRUARY 2013 | Volume 56 | Number 2
Cover illustration ©istockphoto.com/Henrik5000
departments
6 Upfront
8 Anonymous Distributor
30 Marketplace
31 Key Distributors
34 Advertisers' Index
20
products
28 Equipment Focus:
String Trimmers & Edgers
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26
10
features
10 Business Management System
& Website Services survey
Through a Q&A survey, OPE brings you up to speed on the latest technology
and trends in business management systems and website services in the
OPE industry.
20 Industry Forecasts:
What can expect to be seen in 2013?
In the last of a two-part series, OPE shares the unique insights of some of the
OPE industry's most well-respected leaders about the state of the industry.
26 The Mobile Movement:
All devices lead to your website
Catherine Lukas Ter-Horst, product manager at ARI, offers dealers advice
on how they can market their business to the growing population of mobile
users — customers who use mobile phones, smartphones and tablets —
and win them over.
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