GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra Issue 47 2018

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Dobbies scoop up Woodcote Green

Great gift book ideas from Baker & Taylor

Westland's £4m offer for Gardman put them at front of a long queue

Houseplants sales 16% up in September says GCA

Delegates learn how to stand out from the crowd

Soaraway growth for water features says Kelkay

Squire's donates 230,000 tulips to local communities

Langlands helps Emma, 14, raise £8k for powerchair

Prague inspires garden centre delegates

GCA Trust sponsored delegates return from ‘inspirational’ IGCA Congress in Czech Republic

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Lechuza self-watering planters open up new sales opportunities

Cold enough for gifts at last?

The best of last week's

Westland scoop Gardman Wild Bird Care to gain 90% market share

SOLEX organiser Phil Gibbs leaves LOFA

Get ready for a half-term sales spree, says GTN Bestsellers

Tong Garden Centre doubles toy area ahead of Christmas

Anchorfast gets the Kelkay treatment

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Dobbies scoop up Woodcote Green

Dobbies have scooped up Woodcote Green Garden Centre as the 'Sale of the Century' of Wyevale Garden Centres continues...

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Great gift book ideas from Baker & Taylor

With Baker & Taylor gift ideas in their book displays, you can find gifts for men and for women and special gifts for grandparents...

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Westland's £4m offer for Gardman put them at front of a long queue

Twenty-five companies were offered the opportunity to buy Gardman before the administrators accepted a £4m offer from Westland, it was revealed this week...

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Houseplants sales 16% up in September says GCA

Sales in garden centre houseplants departments remained strong during September according to the Garden Centre Association's barometer of trade report...

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Delegates learn how to stand out from the crowd

The HTA Marketing Forum in October gave delegates an insight into the advances in marketing to help them stand out from the crowd...

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Soaraway growth for water features says Kelkay

Kelkay has reported exceptional growth of over 65% across the water features category in 2018...

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Squire's donates 230,000 tulips to local communities

Squire’s Garden Centres has donated 230,000 tulip bulbs to local parks, green spaces, schools, hospitals and charities...

Pictured: staff from the Washington centre with local schoolchildren who helped with the planting.

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Langlands helps Emma, 14, raise £8k for powerchair

Staff at Langlands Garden Centre have helped a local girl born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus to raise £8,000 for a new electric powerchair...

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Prague inspires garden centre delegates

Garden Connect's Edwin Meijer attended the recent IGCA Convention in Prague. Here is his Blog...

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GCA Trust sponsored delegates return from ‘inspirational’ IGCA Congress in Czech Republic

Squires Garden Centres’ Matt Tanner and Klondyke Group’s Jayne Scott were picked for the GCA Trust’s Dick Allen Scholarship Award Scheme and joined 200 delegates at the 60th IGCA event, held for the first time in the Czech Republic...

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Lechuza self-watering planters open up new sales opportunities

Lechuza self-watering planters are perfect for those without the time to tend their plants, as they can be left unattended for up to 12 weeks...

Cold enough for gifts at last?

With temperatures dropping to seasonal norms at last, Crest's Kent & Stowe brand has the ideal range as gift sales get going again...

The best of last week's

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

Westland scoop Gardman Wild Bird Care to gain 90% market share
Week on week UP 0.5% Year to Date vs 2017 DOWN 20.5%

Westlands purchase of Gardman last week means they now hold 90% of Wild Bird Care sales as measured by the GTN Bestsellers Wild Bird Care Top 50...

SOLEX organiser Phil Gibbs leaves LOFA

The Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association has announced that SOLEX organiser Phil Gibbs has left his position as Secretary of the Association after seven years. His final day was on Friday...

Get ready for a half-term sales spree, says GTN Bestsellers

Overall garden centre sales for the second week of October were down on last year, according to GTN Bestsellers, but above the average for the past six years, so all is set fair for a busy half term week...

Tong Garden Centre doubles toy area ahead of Christmas

Tong, the award-winning Yorkshire garden centre, has doubled the size of its toy department after joining a specialist buying group...

Anchorfast gets the Kelkay treatment

It’s less than three months since Kelkay formally acquired Anchorfast but it’s clear that the teams have been working together for many months. At Glee they unveiled the exciting new WOODSHAW brand of high quality, durable timber garden furniture and decorative structures...

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