Garden equipment marketer U.S. Home & Garden Inc., San Francisco, will launch a business-to-business ‘Auction Forum’ Web site in January.
The site will be open to growers, landscapers, garden centers, manufacturers, and businesses. E*Garden is expected to start out with a soft launch its “Wholesale Store” Web site for non-auction, business-to-business transactions. Separately the company named Don Rutishauser chief financial officer.