In This Issue
Alton, Chessington and Fosseway collect Greatest Awards at spoga+gafa
Bramblecrest and Kadai, by Wilstone House are The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Suppliers of the Year
Four Oaks Trade Show up for sale
Lolly Lee to join Briers
Garden Solutions in a box, masses of inspiration and a door stopper showstopper from Elho at spoga+gafa
Grange plans to stop manufacturing production at Telford
A better than average August for garden centre sales
Team Gardman - Growing with Confidence as they prepare for Glee
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Hillview 5 years on and ready for further growth
Top 50 plants up 50%
Lighting continues to be a bestseller
Gardenstore former owners leave Hillview
Strawberry plants in high demand
Uplift in growing media sales
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A better than average August for garden centre sales


Despite August sales volumes being 6% down year on year, a rally in the last week ending 28th August meant the month ended up 6% above the average volume sales index over the period 2011 to 2016 according to the Epos data analysed every week by GTN Bestsellers.

If you cast your mind back to the summer of 2102 then this August has been positively wonderful, up 26% on that cold and damp summer holiday period.

As this issue of GTN Bestsellers goes to press the weather forecasters are proclaiming the first official day of Autumn.  Let’s hope we have an Indian summer to keep plant and other gardening sales rolling on at good levels before Christmas kicks into gear.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - up 10%
  • Veg-2-Gro - up 4%
  • Growing Media - up 6%
  • All Items Index - up 2%
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