In This Issue
New highs for Christmas?
Meet the team helping companies grow, Cultiv8 Marketing
Firmans Direct seek experienced Sales Agents
Area Manager for South of England wanted by Traegar
Winter plants boost sales
Arboretum named National Retailer of The Year
Life ‘as normal’ resumes with millions still gardening
Discount retailer's shelves fully stocked for Christmas
Wyevale Nurseries launches retail plant collections for 2022
Zest running man goes extra mile for Macmillan
Garden buildings market increased despite pandemic
Dobbies gets into the festive spirit
Woodlodge to showcase 700 lines at Harrogate fair
Garden Connect: 4 new OpSuite integrated webshops & apps live
GTN October 2021 Issue available on-line
Experienced Field Sales Agent (Commission Only)
Area Manager South England
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Sweet Christmas
Garden retailers recognised at greeting card awards
Rockin Robins
Tamsin Westhorpe appointed editor of Inside Horticulture magazine
More momentum for growing media
Investment in R&D sparks recruitment drive for sustainable decking brand 
Hillier welcomes new Sales Manager to Amenity team
The best of last week's
Elho takes top prize as GIMA Award winners announced
Picture Special of the glitzy GIMA Awards evening
Dobbies strengthens leadership team
Council grants expansion plans at garden centre
Christmas and plants – the recipe for success
A festive Christmas at Hillier
Brightening up our homes at British Garden Centres
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
Raw food firm lines up Christmas feast for pets
CASCO Pet launches new company website
DogPhone keeps ‘pandemic pups’ in touch with owners
Situations Vacant
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Firmans Direct
 
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Area Manager South England
Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC  South Ferriby, England
 
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Every week GTN receives and analyses epos data from a number of UK garden centres to produce the GTN Bestsellers charts...

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New highs for Christmas?
Exclusive GTN Xtra Garden Centre Epos data analysis

Are we heading for another record Christmas sales period? As sales climb towards the Christmas peak, last week’s sales volumes in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data were up by 15% on last year, and 2019...

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Meet the team helping companies grow, Cultiv8 Marketing
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Since establishing in 2018, owners of Cultiv8 Marketing, Rob Giles and Alex Giles have been helping companies grow using bespoke marketing packages designed to get the best return from their marketing budgets. ..

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Firmans Direct seek experienced Sales Agents

Firmans Direct are looking for experienced Sales Agents to promote their superb range of garden furniture to garden centres and independent retailers across the UK.

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Area Manager for South of England wanted by Traegar
 

Traegar Pellet Grills is advertising for an Area Manager South England…

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Winter plants boost sales

The mild weather during the first few weeks of November this year has encouraged high levels of winter plant sales with volumes last week up by 7% on the same week last year and 38% up on the same week in 2019.

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Arboretum named National Retailer of The Year

The Arboretum with branches in Leighlinbridge in Co. Carlow and Kilquade in Co. Wicklow has been named National Retailer of the Year in the annual Retail Excellence awards...

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Life ‘as normal’ resumes with millions still gardening

The Horticultural Trades Association’s November Market Update Report shows that of the 3 million people who took up hobby gardening in 2020 around two thirds have been retained...

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Discount retailer's shelves fully stocked for Christmas

Discount retail group QD, which owns Cherry Lane Garden Centres, is promising customers everything they need for a cracking Christmas this year. With shelves already brimming with decorations, lights, food and gifts, the retailer has been working ahead with suppliers for many months to ensure everything is available for the festive season...

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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Raw food firm lines up Christmas feast for pets

Raw pet food brand Natural Instinct has re-introduced its limited-edition Christmas Feast for dogs and cats...

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CASCO Pet launches new company website

 

CASCO Pet has launched its newly redesigned website. The new site provides inspiration and easy access across all devices to help vets, pet retailers and aquatic specialists make well-informed decisions about animal housing, equipment and consumable products...

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DogPhone keeps ‘pandemic pups’ in touch with owners

A new system, dubbed DogPhone, is the first of its kind to empower animals to use the internet to contact their owners. In the future, its creators say, it could help address the separation anxiety of pets who have grown used having people at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Wyevale Nurseries launches retail plant collections for 2022

Wyevale Nurseries has put together a selection of plants for garden centres to follow the predicted trends for the retail sector next year...

 

Allium Lavender ‘Bubbles’ is a wonderful new introduction.

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Zest running man goes extra mile for Macmillan
 

Andrew Baker, Finance Director for outdoor furniture, wooden products and decorative garden structure specialist, Zest 4 Leisure, has gone the extra mile this year to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, the company’s chosen charity for 2021...

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Garden buildings market increased despite pandemic

Rather than curbing market growth, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in demand for garden buildings and structures, as more people are working from home and require additional space...

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Dobbies gets into the festive spirit

Dobbies is inviting shoppers across the UK to join them for extended shopping hours to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust...

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Woodlodge to showcase 700 lines at Harrogate fair

Woodlodge will be exhibiting its Christmas product range at the Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair in January 2022. It will be the first time the business has attended the event and will be showcasing 700 festive lines on a dedicated Snowlodge stand...

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Garden Connect: 4 new OpSuite integrated webshops & apps live

Just in time for the Christmas season, Garden Connect and Davidson Richards have launched four new projects...

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GTN October 2021 Issue available on-line

In this Glee Review issue of GTN:

  • Vitax increases range and capacity
  • Remembering Eddie Topping MBE
  • Capturing the essence of Autumn at Chelsea
  • Get Grilling with Traeger
  • Glee 2021 – a special return
  • Glee Buyers Power List
  • Glee New Product Awards
  • Sustainability Award – Southern Trident
  • Glee 2021 Gallery
  • Floral Thursday for Greenfingers Charity
  • GTN Bestsellers Subscription Offer
  • GTN Bestsellers – September garden centre sales analysis and charts
  • Garden Centre Books
  • HTA Column – Tales of the unexpected
  • GIMA Column – The future is looking bright.
Read GTN's October 2021 Issue on-line here
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