In This Issue
Wesfarmers seeks fast-track exit from the UK
Grow your sales this season with Bord na Móna Growise Pro 5 All Purpose Premium Range
Gardman SKUs building up after Kings Lynn site re-opens
Everything in the garden is growing like mad
Resolva Pro TV Ad goes live this week
Still two weeks behind with plant sales
Smart celebration at Eureka Building
Parliamentary group explores post-Brexit options for horticulture
Former Miracle-Gro boss offers a view from the other side
Strong start to 2018 for Glee
Centres hope for better weather after Easter washout
Jody Lidgard opens latest Greenfingers garden
Garden industry can lead the way on single use plastic
Fosseway GC plans get go-ahead despite local opposition
Garden Centre directors take on Maserati Tour de Yorkshire
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Malcolm Morgan, founder and chairman of Zest 4 Leisure, passes away
Hanging pots lead the way for garden product sales
John Taylor Awarded 2018 Carlo Naef Trophy
Young plants dominate Veg-2-Gro chart
LOFAssured initiative gains strength across the garden furniture industry with 14 members already certified
Easter momentum lost for growing media sales
New GIMA-HTA conference will address strategic issues and solutions
Change at the top in Wild Bird Care Bestsellers
Smart Garden Products invest in their Supply Chain
Autumn Fair to showcase growing artisanal trend
The best of last week's
‘Closing down’ signs appear outside garden centres
Homebase Lincoln faces the Bunnings axe as Consultants are called in
British Garden Centres looking for sales to flow
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Food at Webbs awarded Food Hall of the Year
We want our centres to be plastics-free say Pugh's
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Everything in the garden is growing like mad

Just as we thought Spring was about to happen, along comes Summer and everything in the garden is growing like mad, apart from garden centre sales… yet.


The second week of the Easter fortnight moved sales in the upward direction everyone was waiting for but last week before the schools went back saw total volume sales drop back and as a result didn’t get close to the same week last year, which was the first Easter week in 2017.


As our Easter analysis graph shows, once again an early Easter did not bring any benefit as the weather was the main factor effecting sales.


Plant sales were one area where volumes did increase week on week but overall volumes are running about 2 weeks behind where everyone would be expecting them to be.

 

The big question is whether those sales are lost or whether they can be made up if the weather stays in our favour. Let’s make the most of the good weather for the time being!

 

 

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year (week 15)
Garden Products - down 19%
Growing Media - down 18%
Veg-2-Gro - down 43%
Wild Bird Care - down 25%
All Plants Index - down 16%
All Items Index - down 17%

 

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