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Gardening, horticultural and pet industries pay tribute to much-loved Theresa Swann
The UK and international gardening and pet industries have been paying tribute to Theresa Swann, Head of Events at Gardenex and PetQuip, who sadly passed away in December...
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First upturn for garden product sales since 2014
Garden products saw their first upturn in volume sales since 2014 during last year, with the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 chart volume increasing by 8.1% on 2018 levels...
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Chris Schofield joins Infinity Christmas Trees
Infinity Christmas Trees are pleased to announce the recent addition of Chris Schofield to the company in the position of Senior Account Manager.
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Fewer plant sales despite more ‘normal’ weather
The volume of the Top 50 plant genera and groupings for the whole of 2019 dropped by 3% on 2018. So, after the tipsy turvy year of 2018 a year that was more “normal” weather wise resulted in fewer plant sales...
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Records broken for core growing activity
Core gardening growing activity, as measured by the volume of growing media products sold in the GTN Bestsellers chart reached an all time high. 2019 ended 6.2% up on the previous record set in 2018...
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2019 was great year for Veg-2-Gro sales
2019 was a great year for Veg-2-Gro sales, almost getting back up to the heady heights of 2015. Up to the end of September (when we stop producing a Top 50 chart) 2019 sales were up by 39% on last year...
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Wyevale GC HQ moves from Syon Park
Wyevale Garden Centres’ head office move from Syon Park to nearby Brentford has been completed as the winding-up process progresses...
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Dobbies to drop peat by 2021
Dobbies has re-affirmed its commitment to becoming peat-free over the next year...
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Wild Bird Care sales show signs of recovery
After the turmoil of the Gardman fire at the start of 2018, Wild Bird Care sales recovered slightly in 2019 to be 5.6% up on 2018 but were still running at 14.5% down on 2017 levels at the end of the year...
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Houseplants, gifts and Christmas showed strong growth in November says HTA
2019 was a strong year of growth for garden centres nationally, with November sales up 10% compared with the same month in 2018 according to the latest HTA Market Update report...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
2019 ends 4.2% up on 2018 - A new record year for GTN Bestsellers Volume sales analysis
Garden Centre volume sales grew by 4.2% year on year in 2019 according to the full year analysis of the GTN Bestsellers Volume sales data...
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Gardman Crest ready to deliver you growth in 2020
Happy new year to all our customers from all of the team at Gardman Crest who are ready to deliver growth to your business in 2020...
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New General Manager at garden centre
As from the 1st January 2020 Sarah Willis has been promoted to General Manager of Thurrock Garden Centre...
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AMES UK report a record pre-season
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Richard Pyrah has more than 30 years in the garden market, but he believes this pre-season has been the best he’s ever experienced. AMES UK are reporting an uplift on 2018 of over 46% on a like for like basis across Kelkay, Woodshaw and La Hacienda...
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Wentworth Garden Centre blown away by WinRetail system
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Wentworth Garden Centre have been praising Corby & Fellas’ WinRetail system with Rob Monk saying: "We were blown away by not only how easy the system was to use, but by the amount of data and information it could provide"
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Out with the old and in with the new at LOFA
New Year, New LOFA!
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