January gets the garden centre year off to a great start with the GTN Bestsellers All Products Sales index showing sales up 7.4% on last year, setting a new record for January.

Growing Media sales also set a new record for the month and Garden Products got off to a great start, up 17% on last year. 

Plants benefitted from the milder weather to be 9% up on last year and Wild Bird Care got a boost with sales up by 26%.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 4

•           Garden Products Top 50 – down 5%

•           Growing Media Top 50 – up 8%

•           Wild Bird Care Top 50 – up 42%

•           Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – down 7%

•           All Plants index – down 18%

•           All Items index – static 0%

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