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Wych Cross becomes Wyevale #151 and will now open on Sundays
Blue Diamond re-launch Springfields
Andy McIndoe leaves Hillier Nurseries for pastures new
GCA and Westland name six Rising Stars finalists
Christmas Tree Growers make their choice for Downing Street
October proves to be a great month for sales
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GCA members’ marketeers to compete for Worrall Cup
Johnsons Lawn Seed parent adopts new name and logo
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Fenland centre invites customers to 'pick your own pumpkin' for Halloween
Containers are this week’s top sellers
Former Notcutts team to work on Skylark Nurseries expansion
Farmyard manure makes the highest jump in the chart
Novelty items show up in the Christmas chart
Industry aims for container gardening exhibit at Chelsea
Fiskars announce £3k garden makeover winner
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October proves to be a great month for sales


October 2015 is proving to be a great month for garden centre sales with another week of EPoS data reporting sales increases up on the same week last year in all categories measured by the GTN Bestsellers charts.

Whilst Christmas is growing steadily the biggest impact is on core gardening where growing activity, as monitored via the GTN Growing Media Top 50 Bestsellers, is up by over a quarter on the same mid October week last year and in 2013.

The turn in the weather to a colder and wetter period has certainly driven a shift in garden product sales with Gardman Frostgard climbing 18 places to No 7 in the GTN Garden Products Chart and Woodlodge small pot feet outselling Fito Orchid drip feeder volumes to reach the No 1 Bestseller position for the first time. That surely must be down to the growth in pot sales and container gardening!

Other signs of high gardening activity levels are illustrated by Bayer Boltac Greasebands re-entering the chart at No 34 and 150 gram packs of Rootgrow Friendly Mycorrhizal Fungi returning at No 35.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - up 8%
  • Christmas Products - up 12%
  • Growing Media - up 27%
  • All Items Index - up 8%

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