The first full week of Lockdown 2 in England saw total garden centre sales volumes fall by 5.5% but still match last year’s volumes despite lower footfall.

Christmas sales grew by 20% to be 2% up on the same week last year, indicating higher volume and value Christmas sales per customer but it was Plants and Growing Media that once again performed best against last year. Plant sales up by 29% and Growing Media up by 34%.

Centres in Wales reported good sales last week after coming out of their Firebreak so there’s still plenty of scope for sales to get back above last year’s during the final weeks of the year.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 46

• Garden Products Top 50 – down 35%
• Growing Media Top 50 – up 34%
• Veg-2-Gro Top 50 – up 10%
• Wild Bird & Wildlife Top 50 – down 24%
• Christmas Top 50 – up 2%

GTN Bestsellers All Sales volumes 
compared to the same week last year:

• All Plants with Barcode Index – up 29%
• All Items with Barcode Index – static 0%

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