In This Issue
Winnersh Garden Centre partly re-opens after floods
Storm Dennis takes the shine off sales
Celebrity joins fight to prevent garden centre closure
Two tickets to the new Greenfingers Summer Ball up for grabs for top fundraising garden centre
Highfield Garden World gets green light for £2m expansion
Volunteers needed to support Garden Re-Leaf Challenge
Dennis is a menace to Primula
Key retailers to headline GIMA Day Conference
Mr Fothergill's triathlete to make Garden Re-Leaf debut
Grass seed sales soar by 40% over the past two years
Garden centres kick off 2020 with positive sales in traditional and non-traditional categories
Glee’s Retail Lab shortlisted at Exhibition News Awards
Wild bird and pet food producer opens product showroom
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
HTA expresses concerns over immigration policy
Garden Care category survives the storm
Menacing effect on growing media sales
Wild Bird care sales blown away too
Under cover sales for Veg-2-Gro
David Austin Roses appoints Paul Manley as Wholesale General Manager
The best of last week's
Plans to build 200 homes on garden centre site rejected
Denys E. Head finalises sale to Haskins Garden Centres
Klondyke holds furniture and outdoor living showcase
Westland set to launch biggest ever peat-free ad campaign
Garden Centre Photo Tours
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Storm Dennis takes the shine off sales

 

Storm Dennis had a drastic effect on garden centre sales at the start of the half-term break with sales volumes down 27% compared to the same week last year.

 

As a result the week ending 16th February 2020 was the first to be down on any of the past four years.

 

Gardening and plant sales were particularly hit hard with only the bravest customers venturing out into uncovered plant areas.

 

While we’ve been out and about this week garden centre restaurants and half-term events have been busy, so hopefully sales will hold up where customers can get a great indoors experience.

 

There’s now just three weeks to go until Garden Re-Leaf Day on Friday March 13th. Have you decided how you’ll join in the FUNdraising and get extra local publicity?

 

Do let us know what great events you have planned: email trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk

 

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 7

  • Garden Products Top 50 – down 21%
  • Growing Media Top 50 – down 58%
  • Wild Bird Care Top 50 – down 32%
  • Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – down 31% 
  • All Plants index – down 51%
  • All Items index – down 27%

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