After eighteen months of all the challenges thrown at buyers and suppliers due to the COVID-19 pandemic Glee will be celebrating the best buyers of garden, leisure and pet products in the Glee Buyers Power List.
To acknowledge the immense pressure buyers have been under this year across the wide range of products the feature in garden, leisure and pet retailing there are ten Glee Buyers Power List categories this year and nominations can be made in any of the categories for buyers from independent garden centres and retailers, buyers of high street and DIY retailers and buyers from on-line retailers.
Nominations are coming in from from growers, suppliers, agents and wholesalers for the following categories of buyers and buying teams:
1. Plants buyer/buying team of the Year
2. Garden Care buyer/buying team of the Year
3. Outdoor Leisure buyer/buying team of the Year
4. Landscape buyer/buying team of the Year
5. Home & Gifts buyer/buying team of the Year
6. Pet buyer/buying team of the Year
7. Retail Food & Drinks buyer/buying team of the Year
8. Christmas buyer/buying team of the Year
9. Overall Multiple Garden Retailer Buying Team of the Year – 6 stores or more
10. Overall Independent Garden Centre Buying Team of the Year – up 5 stores
Nominations close on Tuesday 17th August after which voting will commence to decide the winners of the Glee Buyers Power List for 2021. Nominations can be made using the form in the July issue of GTN or on line using this link: Glee Buyers Power List 2021 nominations or by e-mail to: trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk. All nominations will be handled in strictest confidence.
The Glee Buyers Power List has celebrated the excellence of buying in the Garden, Leisure and Pet markets annually since 2015, and the winners have included:
Aylett Nurseries, B&M, B&Q, Blue Diamond, Enchanted-Earth.com, Frosts, gardensite.co.uk, Grovewell Garden Centres, Haskins, Homebase, John Lewis, MacKenzie & Cruikshank, Notcutts, Perrywood, Primrose.co.uk, Richard Jacksons Garden, Stax, The Range and Waitrose.
The winners of the Glee Buyers Power List 2021 will be announced live at Glee 2021 on Wednesday 15th September 2021. See you there!
Nomination Form:
I nominate the following buyers/buying teams for the Glee Buyers Power List 2021:
Plants buyer/buying team of the Year
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Garden Care buyer/buying team of the Year
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Outdoor Leisure buyer/buying team of the Year
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Landscape buyer/buying team of the Year
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Home & Gifts buyer/buying team of the Year
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Pet buyer/buying team of the Year
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Retail Food & Drinks buyer/buying team of the Year
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Christmas buyer/buying team of the Year
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Overall Multiple Garden Retailer Buying Team of the Year – 6 stores or more
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Overall Independent Garden Centre Buying Team of the Year – up 5 stores
Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….
Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Nominated by:…………………………………………………….of:………………………………………………………………
e-mail address:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
All nominations will be handled in strictest confidence
Send your completed nomination form to Glee Buyers Power List c/o GTN, Potting Shed Press, Dairy Drove, Thorney, Peterborough PE6 0TX or e-mail your nominations to: trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk by 27th July 2021 or vote on line using the On-LIne Glee Buyers Power List 2021 form
