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Cultivation Street LAUNCHES Illumination Street
Christmas and indoor gardening beat the rain
Bumper week for Christmas product sales
Harnessing the Power of Social at the HTA Marketing Forum
Customers source plants using latest technology
Tom Chambers Wild Bird Care continues to fly
Environment Minister to address Cultivating Retail audience
Christmas unveiled at Bents Garden & Home
Vitax launches additions to key brands for 2020
Rockin Pebbles rock the nation as Deco-Pak helps retailers to expand the growing play, hobby and gift categories
RHS endorses Plankbridge shepherd’s huts
AQUA 2019 brings out the superlatives
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Garden products maintain 5% growth
Wet weather effects growing activity
Plant sales take a hit
How can environmental solutions & sustainable applications advance commercial horticulture?
Kyle joins the Plant Health Professional Register
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Nursery spearheads broadband rollout to remote areas
Evergreen Garden Care launches new UK website
Garden Centre Photo Tours
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Christmas and indoor gardening beat the rain
GTN Bestsellers analysis

 

Even though the wet weather of last week and the weekend deterred many from outside gardening activities, Christmas and indoor gardening had a great week which meant overall garden centre sales volumes, according to the GTN Bestellers All Epos Products index was up by 3% year on year and stays up 3% year to date.

 

While other sectors of retail are facing Christmas 2019 with trepidation the early indications are that garden centres are faring well.  Whatever the result of Brexit over the next few weeks, garden centres look to be the place of choice for people to go for some winter cheer.  Watch this space to see how the season pans out.

 

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 41

  • Garden Products Top 50 – up 3%
  • Growing Media Top 50 – down 23%
  • Wild Bird Care Top 50 – down 6%
  • Christmas Top 50 – up 23%
  • All Plants index – down 13%
  • All Items index - up 3%

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