In This Issue
How to get your garden centre in the papers
Destination retailer Arboretum wins Ireland's Company of the Year award
Will it be a storming Christmas?
Notcutts saddened by John Woods Nurseries administration
40 new Homebase staff take up Garden Academy training
Santa parachutes in...and makes little Lucy's dream come true
Hibiscus topples poinsettia in T&M's Christmas mail order Top 10
Are you The Greatest at selling Pet Christmas products?
Centres urged to back Needlefresh charity initiative via Christmas tree sales
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Christmas dinner in the garden is catching on says survey
Re-development plans for Whitehall Lacock
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
Mixed fortunes for sales of garden products
Shoppers get into the Christmas spirit
Decorative bark is a bestseller this week for Westland
£2,500 travel bursary awaits Young Horticulturist of the Year
Deadline nears for Lawn Academy training places
Book Training Roadshow places now to get Earlybird discount
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
New guidelines on labelling 'free from...' foods
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Field Sales Support (Vivid Arts Ltd) - ideal location East / South Manchester with access to M60
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Plantarea Horticultural Manager - Berkshire
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Will it be a storming Christmas?


Christmas sales increased by nearly 20% last week, according to EPoS data supplied by garden centres for GTN Bestsellers.

And that drove overall volume sales to the same level as last year for week 46. Now it’s all down to building that Christmas spirit and maximising on sales opportunities as we move towards the December peak weeks. Will we have an all time record week?

Storms Abigail and Barney have generated higher than usual levels of plant support and tree tie sales as seen in the Garden Products chart.

GTN’s team of expert judges start their Christmas garden centre visits next week so we will report back with all the great ideas we find from teams who are working really hard to make sure they get great Christmas footfall and then take full advantage with some great retailing to maximise sales.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - down 45%
  • Christmas Products - up 9%
  • Growing Media - up 11%
  • All Items Index - down 1%
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