25% more gardening sets new April record Exclusive GTN Bestsellers analysis
April 2021 garden centre trading was an all-time record for volume sales, even topping the previous high for the month set back in 2011.
The GTN Bestsellers All Products Index for April 2021 is 25% ahead of April 2019 and 23% ahead of the average for April trading between 2011 and 2019. It's now fair to say there's about a quarter more gardening going on in the UK as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
More cold, windy weather caused overall sales to dip slightly last week but they were still 18% ahead of sales in the same week of 2019.
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week in 2019: week 18.
Garden Products Top 50 – up 11%
Growing Media Top 50 – up 32%
Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – down 6%
Wild Bird & Wildlife Care Top 50 – down 1%
GTN Bestsellers All Sales volumes compared to the same week in 2019: week 18.
All Plants with Barcode index – up 14%
All Items with Barcode index – up 18%
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