In This Issue
Scotts Solus Brands shows off linked sales opportunities
Smart Garden Products aim to be a major player in the marketplace
Dobbies opens new garden centre in Bar Hill, Cambridge
Redwood Stone decides to sell its unique range of Kingfisher Ornamental Stone
It has been a better than average year...by far
Family run garden centre installs solar – for free
Lighting and lawncare products driving sales
LED art frames light up Christmas sales
Nominate your teams for The Greatest Christmas Awards 2014
Alexander Rose duo become jolly good Fellows
Furniture and barbecues market topped £500 million in 2013
GIMA and BHETA set up 'meet the buyer' day at Wyevale
Grow the trendy colours to stay ahead, urges nursery
Dutch growers visit Hawkesmill Nurseries to study UK techniques
Sinclair appoint research specialist to head up growing media
If catering and food are your growth areas our new Food Xtra will help you
Bayer offer hope in box blight crisis
Greenfingers builds Essex hospice a GYO garden
T & M's single-spud potato bags promise impressive yields
Ball Colegrave osteospermum wins best plant award at South-West Growers Show
Tory Chief Whip plants bulbs of Liberty at Kew
Planteria Manager
Garden Care Team Leader - Hertfordshire
Assistant Centre Manager
Nursery Site Manager - West Sussex
Garden Centre Manager - Hampshire
E-Commerce Marketing Executive - Worcestershire
Growing media sales still strong
Arrest in hunt for burglar of garden centre whose owner later died
Bosmere launch next-generation greenhouse heaters
Another record-breaking start for Darlac
New chair for careers campaign
Neudorff shortlisted for top sustainability award
Spook-tacular party at Trelawney Wadebidge
Nursery’s investment in transplants produces bumper crop
£12,000 dolphin is star at Aberdeen garden centre
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It has been a better than average year...by far



After that great start to 2014, the past few months have not been as good as last year and there has been a sense of: “if only it had been a really bumper year and sales had stayed up on last year all summer long.”

Well, when you compare this year’s GTN Bestsellers Total Volume sales data to the monthly averages for the previous five years, the year really does take on bumper proportions, with only two months – May and June – dipping slightly below the “average”.

Year to date, the garden centre sales volume total is running 5.8% above the previous five-year average.

The rest of the year now rests on Christmas, which has got off to a flying start with personalisation and LED wall pictures leading the way. 

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

  • Garden Products – down 10%
  • Xmas Products  – down 12%
  • Growing Media – up  40%
  • All items index – down 7%

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