In This Issue
Catering for success. Do the under 45's hold the key?
Easter Bunnies selling well. But are we doing enough to win our share of the Easter customers?
Garden products sales higher than year ago
Industry backs proposal to grow garden market
Weedkiller 'fixture fear': a solution?
Garden Re-Leaf Day…the Final Countdown
Rhubarb is bestselling 'grow your own' item this week
Gloved hands that give…
'Fastest growing' wholesale nursery moves into retail
Farmyard manure in high demand
Andrew Maxted leaves HTA after re-structuring
Peat firm sign up to new code of practice
A gnome called Gnorman is ASDA’s best-seller...
Cake for customers at Roundstone's 1st Birthday
Floramedia unveil Easter impulse POS
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 

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Catering for success. Do the under 45's hold the key?



The 4th HTA Catering Conference held in Birmingham this week was the best yet according to many of the attendees.  Delegates found the personal experiences of speakers such as Alan Roper of the Blue Diamond Group and Helen Joyce of Thirsk Garden Centre insightful and interesting...
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Easter Bunnies selling well. But are we doing enough to win our share of the Easter customers?


Garden centres are putting on great Easter displays and via media such as Garden Radio promoting Easter activities in-store.  But when it comes to finding garden centre Easter events on websites, potential customers are drawing blanks...
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Garden products sales higher than year ago
 
Just as we reach the start of the key gardening sales season, the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart volume sales index can report that sales to date in 2013 are UP year on year.
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Industry backs proposal to grow garden market
 
An industry-wide campaign to grow the garden market is in prospect following a meeting chaired by HTA...
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Weedkiller 'fixture fear': a solution?
 
Paul Lerigo
Paul Lerigo
 Bayer Garden believe they have solved the age-old mystery of why consumers walk away from the weedkiller fixture without a purchase...
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Garden Re-Leaf Day…the Final Countdown
An estimated 500 garden centres and suppliers are putting their final plans in place for next Friday’s Garden Re-Leaf Day...



Bents Garden Centre ‘Plant Doctor’ , Garden Re-Leaf Day 2012
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Rhubarb is bestselling 'grow your own' item this week
 

After hitting the top spot in the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart earlier than in previous years, Allensmore Rhubarb Timperley Early has retained its place at No 1, showing another increase in sales...
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Gloved hands that give…
 
Town & Country are to donate 25p from the sale of every pair of their Weedmaster Damask and Floral gloves during March, April and May to the Greenfingers charity...
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'Fastest growing' wholesale nursery moves into retail


Whitewater, a new retail plant centre centre in Hampshire, is set for its official opening at Easter...
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