In This Issue
Will the supply chain pull through? We speak to leading distributors
Timing wrong for merger with Solus implies Gardman CEO
Dramatic rise in business for STAX
Decco able to cope with increased demand
Littleheath makes it 9 for Hillview
Durstons reassure garden centres of growing media deliveries
Senior buyers and garden centre staff 'set to leave The Garden Centre Group'
Garden product sales on the rise
Gardman adopt new brand-building strategy
Fiskars start TV advertising campaign
GIMA launches £5,000 Innovator’s Seed Corn Fund
Veg growing MP celebrates opening of new garden centre restaurant
Lightweight Lytag gravel is the drainage and hydration solution – now available from Deco-Pak
James Wong wows the kids at Armitages Garden Weekend
Which? recommends Vital Earth Peat-Free Tub & Basket as a top performer
If catering and food are your growth areas our new Food Xtra will help you
Huge increase in Kelkay Aggregate sales
It's time to enter the Greatest Awards 2014
New range of colours and finishes for Gardman's Ice Orb
Gardeners get in the planting mood
New deal could save Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre
Quantil young plants dominate
Briers have (fashionable) designs on growth
TGCG launch war tribute theme seeds
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Will the supply chain pull through? We speak to leading distributors



The GTN Bestsellers All Products chart (above) continues to show encouraging sales figures in garden centres, and with the weather set fair and consumer confidence growing, the picture for garden centres looked rosy...but then along came the Scotts-Solus split, and now the supply chain threatens to cause havoc in April and May. Or does it? GTN Bestsellers has been talking to two major distributors – STAX and Decco –  to see what measures they were putting in place to prevent a shortage in supply...

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Timing wrong for merger with Solus implies Gardman CEO
Gardman CEO Stuart Hainsworth has dispelled speculation that Gardman might bid for Solus following the collapse of the wholesaler’s proposed merger with Scotts – but in an interview with GTN Xtra, implied it might have been a different story if the timing had been right...
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Dramatic rise in business for STAX

STAX have seen a dramatic increase in business since the breakdown in negotiations between Scotts and Solus. Joint Managing Director David Hibbert admitted it had been a busy and interesting period for the company, and said: "We are more than capable of handling the situation."

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Decco able to cope with increased demand
Decco's Chief Operating Officer John Findlay told GTN Xtra his company was able to respond to the current situation and deal with increased demand. "We fully understand that having stock available at this key time in the season is vital and are doing everything that we can to make sure that this happens," he said.
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Littleheath makes it 9 for Hillview
 
Hillview Garden Centres are about to become a group of 9 centres with the aquisition of Littleheath Garden Centre in Bromsgrove...
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Durstons reassure garden centres of growing media deliveries
 
Durstons Garden Products have reassured their customers that they have good stock levels of their compost and growing media and can deliver quickly and efficiently in the run up to Easter and the May Bank Holidays...
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Senior buyers and garden centre staff 'set to leave The Garden Centre Group'
A senior buyer at The Garden Centre Group is leaving to join Blue Diamond at the end of April, two more set to quit and centre staff are leaving too...
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Garden product sales on the rise
 
Sales of garden products are moving in the right direction, according to the latest GTN Bestsellers data, with volumes up by 11.2% on the previous week. The bestselling product is Scotts Levington Tomorite...
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Gardman adopt new brand-building strategy

Gardman are investing heavily to develop four of their ranges into true higher-margin consumer brands, says marketing director Sarah Downing (left)...
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Fiskars start TV advertising campaign


Fiskars are starting an extensive TV advertising campaign next week to promote their PowerGear Pruner and Fiskars Weed Puller...
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GIMA launches £5,000 Innovator’s Seed Corn Fund
 

The Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association is launching a £5,000 seed corn fund to help support the drive for innovation within the UK gardening industry...

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Veg growing MP celebrates opening of new garden centre restaurant
Local MP Neil Carmichael was among the guests at the Official Opening of the new restaurant at Highfield Garden World last Thursday.  "Excellent restaurant. Great for local economy," said the MP, who is a keen gardener - winning prizes for his Kestrel potatoes at the village show.  See the full story of the new restaurant at Highfield in next weeks issue of GTN Food Xtra.

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Lightweight Lytag gravel is the drainage and hydration solution – now available from Deco-Pak


Dubbed ‘wonder gravel’ by those in the know, Lytag, the must-have product for horticulturists this season, is now available from Deco-Pak, the UK’s leading supplier of aggregates, decorative accents and landscaping essentials...
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James Wong wows the kids at Armitages Garden Weekend
Pupils from a Yorkshire School met their gardening hero at Armitage’s Pennine Garden Centre when James Wong spent time with year four students, showing them how to grow exotic fruit and veg...
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Which? recommends Vital Earth Peat-Free Tub & Basket as a top performer
 
Consumer ratings magazine, Which? Gardening has again recommended Vital Earth’s tub & basket compost as the best peat-free growing media for container planting...
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Huge increase in Kelkay Aggregate sales


Dedicated to providing quality aggregates, Kelkay’s offering has never been better. The proof is in the pudding as like for like sales for the October to April period are 76% up on the same period the previous season...

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It's time to enter the Greatest Awards 2014


It's time to enter your teams into the 2014 Greatest Awards – and we have some different and exciting new opportunities for you this year...
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