In This Issue
Record Growing Media volumes continue to keep all garden centre sales at all time summer high
Pleydell Smithyman celebrate 25 years working with garden centres
READYBLAZE … Safer, Greener and Ready to Burn
Apta looks to strengthen merchandising team
Traeger – the original wood pellet grill
Global Journey Christmas Face Masks coming soon
The Greener Gardening Company works around the clock to meet exceptional demand for growing media 
August heads for all time record plant sales
Look on The Brightside with WIDDOP and Co.
LOFA and the Garden Centre Association grow together
Ball Colegrave reveals top varieties for 2021
Will commercial drivers drown out green recovery?
Children grow their own chips, thanks to Squire's
On The Road – The WIDDOP Roadshow
Glee New Product Awards entries start pouring in
Garland opens new warehouse as sales increase £1m so far this season
Never fear, Glee Daily News is here
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Pots and pot feet figure large in Bestsellers
Covid-19 incidents at Dobbies in Ayr and British Garden Centres at East Durham
August growing media up by 50% already
Feeding garden visitors of the wild variety
The best of last week's
Customers saddened by garden centre closure
Heavy rain dampens sales at garden centres
Cowell’s embraces back-to-school photo opportunity
Face masks from Global Journey are a garden centre bestseller
Introducing Glee Gathering, 15-16 Sept 2020
The UK’s £3.7 billion garden glow up
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to the GTN Bestsellers printed weekly newsletter
All the latest news from the world of pet products
Burston celebrates International Dog Day with owners and pets
Supreme capitalises on well-known names
Situations Vacant
Apta looks to strengthen merchandising team
Four Product Merchandiser vacancies
 

Apta, the leading supplier of quality flowerpots and accessories to the UK garden trade, is looking to strengthen its merchandising team with the recruitment of motivated and ambitious Product Merchandisers...

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Glee New Product Awards entries start pouring in

Who will be the winners in the Glee New Product Awards, in association with GTN, for 2020? 

 

Despite Glee not taking place for real at the NEC the teams at Glee and Garden Trade News are pulling out all the stops with Gee Gathering "exhibitors" to create a virtual showcase of New Products for 2021.

 

All Glee Gathering "exhibitors" have the opportunity to enter up to five new products in each of the following categories:

  • Garden Plants, Seeds and Bulbs
    Garden Growing Materials (Plant feeds, pest and weed control, growing media, cloches, seed trays etc)
    Garden Growing Containers (All pots, planters, hanging baskets etc)
    Garden Decoration (Garden ornaments, garden lighting, plant supports, wall art etc)
    Garden Tools & Machinery (Hand and powered garden tools, garden gloves, garden kneelers etc)
    Garden Landscaping (Paving, statuary, garden buildings etc)
    Garden Leisure & Entertaining (BBQ's, garden furniture and accessories etc)
    Garden Wild Bird and Wildlife Products (Wild bird feeds, feeders, wild life products etc)
    Garden Home, Giftware and Clothing
    Garden Retail & Industry Services
    Pet Products

A team of judges, led by GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer, will sift through all of the entries, submitted on-line with pictures and videos, and select a shortlist for each category that will be announced on Monday 14th September in Glee Daily News.

 

Then, during the Glee Gathering, 15th and 16th September, representatives of the three shortlisted products in each category will have the opportunity to "pitch" via live video to the judges, and the assembled Glee Gathering Audience, before they make their final decisions on the winners.

 

By the end of the Glee Gathering on 16th September we'll have announced winners in each of the categories above, plus the judges will also decide who should be the winners of the following overall Glee New Product Awards:

  • Best House Plants and Accessories
  • Best of British Award
  • Best Eco Initiative Product Award
  • Best Overall New Product at Glee

Entries are already pouring in for the Glee New Product Awards, in association with GTN, so Glee Gathering "exhibitors" who've not made their entry yet should use the form on the Glee Exhibitor Zone at www.gleebirmingham.com and make sure their entry is completed by Friday September 4th 2020.

 

Products that are eligible for entry need to have been launched / announced to the trade after last years Glee and at or before Glee Gathering 2020, that is between 1st October 2019 and 15th September 2020.

 

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