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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
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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
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GTN's Sustainability Directory 2020
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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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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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Squire’s Garden Centres announces record sales

Squire’s Garden Centres has published its financial results for the year ending 31 July 2019. It was another year of record sales; turnover increased by 15% to £57m, helped by excellent weather conditions throughout the peak season...

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Out with the old and in with the new at LOFA

New Year, New LOFA!

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Clothing and houseplant sales come top in November

Clothing and houseplants were bestsellers at garden centres across the country according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report for November (2019)...

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Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk & Cycle Challenge has new home

The annual Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk and Cycle Challenge has become an integral part of the Garden Re-Leaf activities, and this year the event will be finding itself a new home within the heart of the Chilterns...

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Slimline Christmas trees hold key to driving sales in 2020

Retailers who are taking stock of their festive season trading performance are being offered a helping hand to boost Christmas tree sales during 2020. Premium Christmas Trees is working closely with retailers to tailor their tree offering and drive sales at the tail-end of the year...

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GTN's Sustainability Directory 2020

 

 

GTN is compiling a Sustainability Directory to be published in January 2020 that will provide a guide for garden centre buyers and staff to the sustainability initiatives of garden centre suppliers...

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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 the website that is created for each issue 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...

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From 145 centres to zero - where the Wyevale Garden Centres went
No 1 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2019

As the dust settles on the completion of the sale and winding down of Wyevale Garden Centres, here's GTN Xtra's complete list of which centres went where...

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Hillview Group put 6 sites up for sale
No 2 Most Read Story from 2019 - from GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019

The Hillview Group have put six of their sites up for sale with a price for all six set at £12.9m...

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Eleven more Wyevale centres sold today
No 3 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 25 2019

Wyevale Garden Centres has today announced the sale of 11 garden centres in four separate transactions to British Garden Centres, The Plant Area Limited (t/a Clandon Park Garden Centre), Coolings Garden Centres and Maidenhead Aquatics.

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Wyevale Garden Centres sell six more centres
No 4 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019

Wyevale Garden Centres have today announced the sale of a further six centres.  Five northern centres centres have been sold to British Garden Centres and Woburn Sands has been sold to Rochmills Group...

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Smart acquires Briers
No 5 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 5 2019

Smart Garden Products have announced the purchase of the Briers business and assets from administrators Duff & Phelps...

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Most Read Stories in 2019 - 6 to 10
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Most Read Stories in 2019 - 11 to 20
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