Alton, Bramblecrest, Chessington and Shackeltons set the gold standards in The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards presented at Solex 2017
Alton, Chessington and Shackletons Garden Centres all won Gold Awards in GTN's Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards, presented last week at SOLEX 2017. Bramblecrest won the Gold Award for Outdoor Leisure Supplier of the Year as voted for by garden centres visited by GTN's team of experts over the past four months.
After all of the judges visits to meet nominated Outdoor Leisure Sales Teams here are the winners in each category:
The Greatest Outdoor Furniture Sales Team
Bronze Award – Coolings Green & Pleasant
Silver Award – Millbrook Gravesend (pictured above)
Gold Award – Shackletons Home & Garden - who also win the SOLEX Best Furniture Retailer Award
The Greatest BBQ Sales Team
Bronze Award – Perrywood
Bronze Award – Bents
Silver Award – Hayes Garden World
Gold Award – Alton Garden Centre - who also win the SOLEX Best BBQ Retailer Award
The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Supplier of the Year
Bronze Award – 4 Seasons (below)
Bronze Award – Supremo
Bronze Award – Scancom
Silver Award – Kadai
Silver Award - Weber
Gold Award – Bramblecrest (above)
The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team
Bronze Award – Poplars
Bronze Award – Bents
Silver Award – Millbrook Gravesend
Gold Award – Chessington
Presenting the awards at a drinks reception, kindly provided by sponsors SOLEX, GTN's MD Trevor Pfeiffer said: "the judges have seen excellent examples of high quality retailing this year with plenty of effort going in to add on sales across the outdoor leisure sector that are increasing customer satisfaction and profitability."
"Where great teamwork is added to excellent retail standards that's when success is even greater," he added. "That's why our awards seek to find and celebrate the really great teams who are making a difference and setting new levels of performance that others can strive for."
You'll be able to read more about the winners and see pictures taken by the judges during their visits in future issues of Garden Trade News and GTN Xtra over the coming weeks.
