February sales - 37% above average - Gardening is Essential!
If we ever needed a indicator to prove how essential gardening is to the physical and mental wellbeing of the nation then last weeks sales through garden centres are the glowing green light. After two weeks of better weather and continued stay at home restrictions sales in the GTN Bestsellers weekly Epos data were at levels normally seen at the end of March, not the end of February.
Last week saw sales jump by 61% week on week and were up 138% on the same week last year.
That meant even after a slow start of the month, due to snow, that total garden centre sales for February finished 37% up on last year and 37% above the average for the previous ten years.
Subscribers to the GTN Bestsellers printed newsletter will get to see the breakdown of those sales later this week and they will also know which products in particular benefited from this early burst of gardening sales via the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales charts. Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers, it costs just £145 per year, here.