Mother’s Day and some warmer weather helped the bounce back after the “Beast from the East” but sales levels didn’t get back to previous years’ levels so there is now plenty of ground to make up as we move towards Easter.  And we didn't need the snow this weekend

The fire at Gardman’s Daventry warehouse now adds an extra dimension to this year’s sales. We send our sincere support to the team at Gardman as they work through their business recovery plans. There is no way the rest of the industry can make up for the £millions of stock lost in the fire so there will undoubtedly be some changes in the Bestsellers charts this year until stocks and supplies are re-plenished.

Fortunately garden centres are great at selling plants, coffee, cake, gifts, clothing and much more, creating wonderful retail experiences, so we’re sure there will be plenty of creative thinking going on to make sure sales opportunities are still maximised and customers satisfied once the snow has gone away.

On behalf of all at Garden Trade News and the whole UK garden retailing industry we wish the Gardman team well.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year (week 10)

• Garden Products - down 23%
• Growing Media - down 51%
• Veg-2-Gro - down 29%
• Wild Bird Care - down 10%
• All Plants Index - down 21%
• All Items Index - down 17%

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