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Gary Hancock wrote:

While looking for some gardening supplies online today, I discovered
several different retailers, all claiming to be different businesses
with different locations and contact info. However, every single one
of them had the exact same site structure, the same scripting, and the
items offered at each site are exactly the same. If one site is out of
something, every other site is also out.

What is going on? Is this some sort of scam?

Go to:

http://gardenwatchdog.com/whoownswhat.php

It tells which companies own which companies.

For example:

Gardens Alive! owns:

* Gardens Alive!
* Audubon Workshop
* Breck's Bulbs
* Flower of the Month Club
* Gurney Seed & Nursery
* Henry Field Seed & Nursery
* Michigan Bulb
* mySEASONS Garden Solutions
* Spring Hill Nurseries

International Garden Products owns:

* International Garden Products
* Briggs Nursery, Inc.
* Langeveld Bulb Co Inc
* Little Valley Wholesale Nursery
* Skagit Gardens
* Thompson and Morgan (UK)
* Vandenberg Bulbs
* Weeks Wholesale Roses Grower, Inc

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