In This Issue
GCA announces three new inspectors at conference
Conference gets off to a flying start raising £27k for Greenfingers
Pansies regain the GCA Greenfingers Challenge Cup
Haggis sells for £500 a plate as the Greenfingers Challenge gets Conference off to a tasty start
LOFA prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a new Chairman and Vice Chairman at the helm
Light up your January sales with impulse displays
Onion sets and seed potatoes selling through
Magic start to the year for growing media sales
Primulas are the bestselling plant of the year so far
Wyevale Garden Centres launches new e-commerce site
Notcutts celebrates 120 years of glorious gardening
£2m investment in ad campaign for Westland SafeLawn
Wyevale Nurseries raises £1,042 for Greenfingers Charity
Green festival during Plantarium 2017
Exhibitor stands at PATS Sandown 'sold out'
Slow start to trading in 2017 as footfall is down
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Plantarea Department Head Seasonal Plants - Essex
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Slow start to trading in 2017 as footfall is down


The first two weeks of 2017 have started slowly according to EPoS data supplied for GTN Bestsellers. High volumes of Christmas sale lines, kitchenware and homewares feature in the data overall but indications are that footfall is down compared to the previous three years.

The better weather at the end of this week is sure to encourage more people out and about this weekend so it’s really important centres get their key merchandising displays ready for retailing as soon as possible after the Christmas pull down.

Early bird keen gardeners are still looking to get growing as illustrated by our Growing Media and Veg-2-Gro charts this week. Are you promoting early bird offers to your most loyal gardening customers? It’s a great way to get them back in store and buying as early as possible.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - down 17%
  • Veg-2-Gro - down 25%
  • Growing Media - down 37%
  • All Items Index - down 9%

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