Half-year sales figures for garden products set to be 6% higher than 2013
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With the World Cup now only a month away we can start to dream of a Brazillian summer – a summer full of BBQ parties, re-creating great goals on the lawn and basking in the sunshine as though we were on Copacabana Beach.
After a great spring for garden centre sales, we actually only need an ‘average’ summer now to reach the half year at 6% up for volume sales. Our latest GTN Bestsellers prediction would even take total volume sales for the first six months to above the levels of 2011 and 2009 by nearly 2.5%. If the weather is better than ‘average’ and England get past the group stage of the World Cup, the feel good factor could send sales booming even higher. GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year - Garden Products – down 9%
- Veg 2 Gro – down 44%
- Growing Media – down 25%
- All items index – down 16%
In this week's Garden Products chart, sales of lighting, feeding and slug repellent items have performed particularly well.- Gardman Solar Stainless Steel Border Light retains No 1 spot in the chart while Smart Solar Flutterby Butterfly is the highest climber, moving up 19 places.
- Westland Eraza Slug Killer has increased sales to move to No 13.
- Westland Nutri Tomato Feed is the highest re-entry at No 22 while Scotts Levington Tomorite is at No 3.
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