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Highest week for plant sales - but not quite a record overall - GTN Bestsellers update
Record sales on record breaking Bank Holiday - updated with figures from Dobbies
Bids start coming in for Bunnings/Homebase
Smart gardening with Lechuza
Cherry Lane acquires David's Nurseries in Worcester, as revealed by GTN Xtra
Blue Diamond staff get naked for pictures on social media
Carol Paris launches new garden centre group Somerton
Can we make up 11% in May?
Introducing new HTA Board members
Phoenix Natural Gas supports Hillmount kids club
Garden centres add support to The National Rose Festival
Strikes Stokesley partially reopens after devastating fire
10 years of leading greenhouse manufacture from Vitavia
Wyevale provides plants for BALI’s stand at Malvern
Durstons’ Dan takes up a position on GIMA Council
RHS licensing partners help bring new project to life
Zest 4 Leisure trio celebrate marathon success
Places available at GCA Plant Area Forum at Ball Colegrave
Deputy Centre / Planterea Manager
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Decco appoints Andrew Ballantine as new Chief Operating Officer
Garden product sales down for 11th consecutive week
Plenty of potential for veg plant sales
Roller coaster ride for growing media
Cold weather is a boost for Wild Bird Care sales
Date confirmed for GIMA Buyer Connect
Book your place at the table at the HTA Catering Conference – 5-6 June 2018
Beth Chatto Symposium honours 95th birthday
The best of last week's
Home & Garden group of centres to be split up
Average April means May Bank Holiday weather is crucial
QD Group buys David’s Nurseries to make Cherry Lane No 12
Wesfarmers seeks fast-track exit from the UK
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Average April means May Bank Holiday weather is crucial

 

After the Beast from the East, parts 1 and 2 that decimated trading in March, all that April could deliver was an average month for garden centre sales volumes.

 

GTN Bestsellers EPOS data analysis shows that volumes for the month were ahead of volumes in 2012, 2013 and 2016, but didn't get anywhere near the highs of 2011 or 2017 which owners and managers would have been hoping for to make up the March shortfall.

 

All is not lost however.  GTN Bestsellers prediction, based on sales matching the highest totals for each of the next 9 weeks we could get to plus 2% by the end of June.  

 

 

So the weather forecast for the next 10 days is all important and the Met Office have just published their forecast for the next 10 days which says that Monday may be the warmest Bank Holiday Monday on record.  See for yourself here:

 

 

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