In This Issue
Wyevale sells Chichester to property developer
Happy Christmas to all our readers
Garden centre fears devastation during 5-month road closure
Storm Deirdre takes gloss off Christmas
Haskins Garden Centre in Snowhill unveils plans for redevelopment
Plant sales move in the right direction
One week of hope for a joyful Christmas
Fantastic Four for Grovewell Garden Centres
Defra bans metaldehyde slug pellets from 2020
Family shines through at Bents Garden & Home
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch flies onto primetime TV
Outdoor plant sales continue to grow in November
Perennial is recruiting new staff amid continued welfare support uncertainty
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Robins thrive during Storm Deirdre
Stormy boost for Wild Bird Care
Growing media sales hold up
Haskins Garden Centres donate 700 cuddly toy reindeers to good causes
GPlants recruits new sales manager to drive expansion
Dedicated horticulture staff receive plaudits for long service
Paul Mason joins star-studded line-up for GCA Conference
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Wyevale refine leadership structures and introduce more flexible ways of workings
Rose pioneer David C. H. Austin Snr OBE passes away at the age of 92
Baytree set to buy Dents in Downham Market
Daily Mail takes online tilt at Bents 'wagtastic Christmas'
Old Railway Line Garden Centre implements Corby & Fellas WinRetail System
Oliver, 3, gets apology from Dobbies after he was stopped from meeting Santa
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Storm Deirdre takes gloss off Christmas

 

Storm Deirdre may have had devastating effects on high street retail footfall but it didn’t stop garden centres selling as much in total as the snow of last year.


Top line volume sales analysis from GTN Bestsellers shows that volume sales for last week were up by 12% on the same week last year and on a par with the week after Easter earlier this year.


That means the GTN Bestsellers All Products Sales index will close the year on minus 2.6% vs 2017, an amazing turnaround from the position mid-April of being 16% down, even after Easter.


As you’ll see from this week’s chart pages it wasn’t Christmas that saved the day during the storm. Plants, garden products and growing media sales were all up significantly on last year.


Happy Christmas to all our readers and best wishes for a great Bestsellers year in 2019.

 

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year (week 50)
Garden Products - up 25%
Growing Media - up 46%
Wild Bird Care - down 10%
Christmas - down 1%
All Plants Index - up 15%
All Items Index - up 12%

 

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