In This Issue
2019 ends 4.2% up on 2018 - A new record year for GTN Bestsellers Volume sales analysis
AMES UK report a record pre-season
Wentworth Garden Centre blown away by WinRetail system
Squire’s Garden Centres announces record sales
Out with the old and in with the new at LOFA
Clothing and houseplant sales come top in November
Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk & Cycle Challenge has new home
Slimline Christmas trees hold key to driving sales in 2020
The Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2019
From 145 centres to zero - where the Wyevale Garden Centres went
Hillview Group put 6 sites up for sale
Eleven more Wyevale centres sold today
Wyevale Garden Centres sell six more centres
Smart acquires Briers
Most Read Stories in 2019 - 6 to 10
Most Read Stories in 2019 - 11 to 20
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Calling all Garden Centre Suppliers - Submit your FREE Sustainability Directory Entry here
New General Manager at garden centre
Primeur’s ECO Garden display stands set to revitalise sales of garden borders and stepping stones in 2020
GIMA opens 2020 Knowledge Exchange programme with Developing Selling Skills
It’s time for horticulture to take centre stage
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
GTN's Sustainability Directory 2020
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The Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2019

During 2019 we've published over 2000 stories in GTN Xtra that have been read by 35,519 unique readers.  The e-mail newsletter and each issues website has been opened 532,607 times during the year and 1,061,667 pages viewed.

 

From all that activity here are the Top 100 Most Read Stories of the year.  The Top 5 are re-published in this year end newsletter and the rest can be accessed via the links below or by searching the GTN Xtra Archive here.

 

Thank you for all your reading during the year, and your news items, for which we are extremely grateful.

 

Happy New Year for all of the team at GTN.  May it be another prosperous year for UK garden centres!

 

1.  From 145 centres to zero - where the Wyevale Garden Centres went - GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2019
2.  Hillview Group put 6 sites up for sale - GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019
3.  Eleven more Wyevale centres sold today - GTN Xtra - Issue 25 2019
4.  Wyevale Garden Centres sell six more centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019
5.  Smart acquires Briers - GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019
6.  With Wyevale Garden Centres CEO and trading director set to depart, the plot thickens… - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2019
7.  Anthony Harker leaves AMES and invests in British Garden Centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2019
8.  Dobbies Garden Centres announces the acquisition of 31 centres from Wyevale - strengthening its position as the UK’s leading garden centre operator - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2019
9.  The Wyevale "Sale of the Century" - where are we now - UPDATED - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2019
10.  Breaking News: Roger Mclaughlan set to leave as Wyevale GC announces management changes - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2019
11.  £194m generated from Wyevale sales so far, but who will be the buyers of the remaining 90? - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2019
12.  Sell-off cash is critical to WGC's survival - GTN Xtra - Issue 7 2019
13.  Webbs buy Cheltenham and Blue Diamond buy Bridgemere Garden Centre and Nursery - GTN Xtra - Issue 33 2019
14.  The Big Three - GTN interviews Graeme Jenkins, Charles Stubbs and Alan Roper - GTN Xtra - Issue 52 2019
15.  Wyevale Garden Centres announces sale of all remaining centres to British Garden Centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 38 2019
16.  British Garden Centres jump to No 2 while Caulders and Otter Nurseries become equal 10th biggest garden centre groups - GTN Xtra – Issue 39 2019
17.  Raglan bought back from Wyevale by previous owner - GTN Xtra - Issue 17 2019
18.  Wyevale Crowland Garden Centre to close - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2019
19.  Easter records broken at garden centres across the country - GTN Xtra - Issue 16 2019
20.  Blue Diamond buy 6 more centres from Wyevale - GTN Xtra - Issue 31 2019
21.  GTN's Newshound joins the crowds at the Wyevale Crowland Closing Down Sale - GTN Xtra - !ssue 13 2019
22.  Michael Cooling dies - GTN Xtra - Issue 9 2019
23.  British Garden Centres finally acquire 8 Hillview centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 52 2019
24.  Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of six more garden centres...four to Hilliers and two to Otter - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2019
25.  Did you get the centres sold to Dobbies correct? - GTN Xtra - Issue 15 2019
26.  Shaw trust buy two centres from Hillview - GTN Xtra - Issue 10 2019
27.  Industry pioneer Mike Dunnett dies - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2019
28.  Dobbies preview their 2020 ranges for the National Press - GTN Xtra - Issue 48 2019
29.  Blue Diamond celebrate the refurbishment of Bicester Avenue - GTN Xtra - Issue 15 2019
30.  GTN Bestsellers analysis: The trouble with TV programmes - GTN Xtra - Issue 36 2019
31.  Pictures from GCA Conference themed-party night - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2019
32.  Wyevale sell Findon to existing manager and announce closure of Rayleigh - GTN Xtra - Issue 33 2019
33.  Best Mothers Day Ever?  And what about March? - GTN Xtra - !ssue 13 2019
34.  The Davies's buy back Raglan from Wyevale  - GTN Xtra - Issue 17 2019
35.  Longacres grow to five and Maidenhead Aquatics add another garden centre as Wyevale sell 2 more - GTN Xtra - Issue 32 2019
36.  Caulders buy two centres from Dobbies - GTN Xtra - Issue 6 2019
37.  Garden centre calls time on award-winning grotto - GTN Xtra - Issue 1 2019
38.  Industry hits back after ITV "not green enough" taunts - GTN Xtra - Issue 36 2019
39.  Blue Diamond chief reveals dramatic July trading uplift at former Wyevales - GTN Xtra - Issue 31 2019
40.  Sprowston, the last Wyevale Garden Centre, finally transfers to British Garden Centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 48 2019
41.  Blue Diamond reports record first half profits of £7.6m - GTN Xtra - Issue 43 2019
42.  Notcutts Chairman Nicky Dulieu is stepping down - GTN Xtra - Issue 46 2019
43.  Squires grow to 16 centres with purchase of Heathlands from Wyevale - GTN Xtra - Issue 29 2019
44.  'Orse Racin' gets GCA Conference off to a head start - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2019
45.  Apta acquired by AMES - GTN Xtra - Issue 50 2019
46.  Wyevale Garden Centres add £16.5m to pension fund and buy £44m policy to secure future benefits - GTN Xtra – Issue 39 2019
47.  Woodlodge win Choice Marketing Sundries Supplier of the Year Award - GTN Xtra - Issue 42 2019
48.  Dobbies to boost focus on plants and gardening - GTN Xtra - Issue 15 2019
49.  Hillier buys John Browns Garden Centre from Wyevale - GTN Xtra - Issue 34 2019
50.  Canadian Cannabis Grower buys UK Bedding and Ornamental Grower - GTN Xtra - Issue 29 2019
51.  Bents and The Old Railway Line win top awards at GCA Conference - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2019
52.  Primeur take top prize as GIMA Award winners announced - GTN Xtra - Issue 28 2019
53.  Wyevale Chairman backs a strong future for independent garden centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 42 2019
54.  Fermoys and Le Friquet are the Garden Centres of the Year at Blue Diamond - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2019
55.  "The unifying energising effect it has is priceless."  Alan Roper on the Blue Diamond Awards evening - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2019
56.  Noma celebrate 80 years in glitzy style - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2019
57.  Who are the buying teams of 2019? - GTN Xtra - Issue 25 2019
58.  Garden Centre Photo Tour - Dobbies Edinburgh - GTN Xtra - Issue 24 2019
59.  Records broken as garden centres report on Christmas trading - GTN Xtra - Issue 1 2019
60.  Wyevale Garden Centres agrees the sale of three centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 20 2019
61.  Neudorff signs exclusive distribution agreement with DLF Seeds - GTN Xtra - Issue 42 2019
62.  Bournville Wyevale goes to British Garden Centres, Blooms Swindon goes back to landlord - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2019
63.  Thieves use recovery truck in broad daylight car theft at garden centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 34 2019
64.  Wyevale Wimborne Freehold to be auctioned - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2019
65.  Centre that defied Christmas ban is in liquidation - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2019
66.  Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of two garden centres - Barnett Hill and Seven Hills - GTN Xtra - Issue 9 2019
67.  So what 31 Wyevale centres have been sold to Dobbies? - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2019
68.  IGCA 2019 - 250 delegates from across the world visit UK garden centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 37 2019
69.  Dobbies signs with Nisa for everyday groceries - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2019
70.  Garden centre closes after railway landlord declines to renew lease - GTN Xtra - Issue 53 2019
71.  Hare Hatch Sheeplands owner’s delight over court decision - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2019
72.  Rosebourne turns over £6 million in its first year - GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2019
73.  Mike Withers sells Trebaron to Newbank - GTN Xtra – Issue 39 2019
74.  What were the bestselling garden products of 2018? - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2019
75.  Greenfingers garden wins Silver-Gilt - Golds for Taylors Bulbs, Hilliers - See GTN's photos from a star studded Chelsea Press Day - GTN Xtra - Issue 20 2019
76.  Wyevale Garden Centres sells remaining trading business - GTN Xtra - Issue 38 2019
77.  Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of Podington Garden Centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 26 2019
78.  Briers team joins Smart Garden Products - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2019
79.  Wyevale sells Worthing Ferring Garden Centre to Cobbins Nursery - GTN Xtra - Issue 19 2019
80.  Fire destroys West Midlands garden furniture warehouse - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2019
81.  GTN Bestsellers reveal the Top 100 Christmas products for 2018 - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2019
82.  Blue Diamond profits grow by 18% to £10.8m - GTN Xtra - Issue 20 2019
83.  Dobbies link-up with Downton Abbey movie looks like an industry first - GTN Xtra - Issue 37 2019
84.  Charity shop and garden centre takings slump to £3 because of road closure - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2019
85.  Centres stock up on plants and growing media pre-Brexit and Easter - GTN Xtra - Issue 8 2019
86.  GCA Christmas competition winners announced - GTN Xtra - Issue 50 2019
87.  SOLEX exhibition fuels Summer optimism - GTN Xtra - Issue 30 2019
88.  Downtown re-development to include new garden centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019
89.  Dobbies made £14m loss after buying six centres for £70m - GTN Xtra - Issue 52 2019
90.  Will Easter break sales records at garden centres? - GTN Xtra - Issue 16 2019
91.  Toppings sell Barton Grange Hotel to catering firm - GTN Xtra - Issue 53 2019
92.  Hilliers burlgars caught on CCTV - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2019
93.  Police arrest three as they flee from Sanders GC early-hours break-in - GTN Xtra - Issue 26 2019
94.  New Gardman Crest re-vamp not just cosmetic - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2019
95.  Garden centre burglar helps himself to slice of cake and Fanta - GTN Xtra - Issue 22 2019
96.  Wyevale sell 11 more - and British Garden Centres group grows to 24 - GTN Xtra - Issue 26 2019
97.  The Chelsea effect may help monthly sales figures end on high - GTN Xtra - Issue 22 2019
98.  FUNdraising dinner honours amazing Greenfingers supporters - GTN Xtra - Issue 47 2019
99.  New Botanica Houseplant department at Sunshine Garden Centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 46 2019
100.  The Flowerbowl Story - Guy Topping, Barton Grange Group - GTN Xtra - Issue 47 2019
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