In This Issue
6 Weeks ‘til Christmas Day... Easy Ways to Boost Festive Sales!
Blooms Garden Centre ditch scouts who run Santa’s Grotto
Do you have The Greatest Christmas Pet Team?
Remembrance provides fuel for Wild Bird Care sales
Rosebourne team excited by work starting on new Hampshire centre
HTA Marketing Forum hailed as a huge success
Garden centres get into the swing of Christmas
Reindeer herald magic of Christmas at Webbs
Squire's run 'Decorate A Christmas Tree' school contest
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Plantarea Horticultural Manager - Berkshire
Contracts Manager – Leeds Area
Garden Centre Sundries Shop Manager - Northamptonshire
Garden Centre Homewares and Gifts Manager – NE England
Seed specialist pays £1,000 for 3-storey sunflower
A good week for Smart Garden Products
Garden centre customers get into the Christmas spirit
Farmyard manure and bark still in demand
Retail guru from Germany to inspire GCA members
Notcutts announces growth in profit as part of ongoing redevelopment strategy
Marketing director Paula Parker quits Scotts after latest re-structuring
Gardman announce appointment of new CEO
Outdoor categories performed well in October
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Luke Johnson, Simon Kossoff and Steve Richards lead Casual Dining’s 2016 Keynote line-up
Situations Vacant
Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
OTE £24k
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Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
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Plantarea Horticultural Manager - Berkshire
Salary: £18,000 - £24,000
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Contracts Manager – Leeds Area
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000
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Garden Centre Sundries Shop Manager - Northamptonshire
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Remembrance provides fuel for Wild Bird Care sales


Remembrance Sunday provided a 100% boost in sales of the Gardman Cast Iron Poppy Feeder, making this product the second highest volume sales line for the week when we amalgamate our Garden Products, Growing Media, Christmas and Wild Bird Care weekly Top 50s from garden centre EPoS data.

If the feeders had been categorised as a garden decoration product rather than a Wild Bird Care line then they would have been the No 1 Bestselling Garden Product for the past three weeks.

Choice Marketing members have raised over £100,000 for charities, including the Royal British Legion, through sales of the feeders, and gained lots of press coverage.

Gardman inform us that the Poppy Feeders will be available again next year.



GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - down 15%
  • Christmas Products - up 11%
  • Growing Media - down 6%
  • All Items Index - down 8%
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GTN Bestsellers Top 25 Products from the Christmas, Garden Products, Growing Media and Wild Bird Care charts.


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