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Contents:
FEBRUARY 2014 | Volume 57 | Number 2
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features
12 Industry Innovations
Outdoor Power Equipment and Green Media sister publications
Landscape and Irrigation, Arbor Age and SportsTurf will highlight some
of the latest products, equipment and solutions for the Green Industry.
20 Industry Forecasts: What is foreseen for 2014?
In the last of a two-part series, Outdoor Power Equipment sheds light on the state
of the OPE industry entering 2014 through the eyes of some of its most
insightful and influential people.
26 SoLoMo:
Integrating Social, Local and Mobile marketing
The lexicon of digital marketing continues to grow, and "SoLoMo" or social,
local, mobile is more than a buzzword, it's a roadmap to digital marketing
success in 2014.
6 Upfront
8 Anonymous Distributor
9 Industry News
30 Marketplace
31 Key Distributors
34 Advertisers' Index
departments
products
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String Trimmers & Edgers
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