In This Issue
Antony Harker to launch Altico at Glee - Read GTN's August issue on-line now
Last chance to nominate the best buyers of the past eighteen months?
Come and see a stand full of new ideas at Glee!
Bill Bickerdike, one of "the gang", has died
August starts with sales uplift!
T&M for sale with up to £200m price tag say city sources
Impact of Brexit sees horticultural business export almost 40% fewer plants to EU markets so far this year
Kernock Park Plants hosts visit from South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray
Exciting opportunity at Creative Products
Garden centres and nurseries offer open-air atmosphere for consumers concerned about COVID
Plant sales reveal late summer colour clamour
Time to enter GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund
Summer sees furniture and BBQ sales hot up
TV gardener refreshes Wellbeing Garden at Tong
Celebrating nature's gift of wellbeing
Video, video. Watch the SOLEX SUN video showreel from SOLEX On-Line 2021
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
Autumn Fair Little Black Book now available
Supporting role
No sign of growing media demand slowing
AIPH announces Virtual International Expo Conference on 19 October
Upturn for Wild Bird Care
Sally Morgan presents natural guide to futureproof the veg plot
The best of last week's
July 2021 sales are 28% ahead of nine-year average for the month
JBM Sales employs first rep into SW agency
New Woodlodge showroom displays latest products
Recognise importance of water for horticulture industry
SOLEX 2021 On-Line remains open for buyers looking for next seasons bestsellers
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Buy your subscription to the GTN Bestsellers printed weekly newsletter
All the latest news from the world of pet products
ORGANIX – sustainable choice driving consumer demand
PetQuip reveals finalists for prestigious Industry Awards 2021
Pet firm attends premiere of PAW Patrol The Movie
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Last chance to nominate the best buyers of the past eighteen months?

After eighteen months of all the challenges thrown at buyers and suppliers due to the COVID-19 pandemic Glee will be celebrating the best buyers of garden, leisure and pet products in the Glee Buyers Power List.

 

To acknowledge the immense pressure buyers have been under this year across the wide range of products the feature in garden, leisure and pet retailing there are ten Glee Buyers Power List categories this year and nominations can be made in any of the categories for buyers from independent garden centres and retailers, buyers of high street and DIY retailers and buyers from on-line retailers.

 

Nominations are coming in from from growers, suppliers, agents and wholesalers for the following categories of buyers and buying teams:

 

1.            Plants buyer/buying team of the Year

 

2.            Garden Care buyer/buying team of the Year

 

3.            Outdoor Leisure buyer/buying team of the Year

 

4.            Landscape buyer/buying team of the Year

 

5.            Home & Gifts buyer/buying team of the Year

 

6.            Pet buyer/buying team of the Year

 

7.            Retail Food & Drinks buyer/buying team of the Year

 

8.            Christmas buyer/buying team of the Year

 

9.            Overall Multiple Garden Retailer Buying Team of the Year – 6 stores or more

 

10.          Overall Independent Garden Centre Buying Team of the Year – up 5 stores

 

Nominations close on Tuesday 17th August after which voting will commence to decide the winners of the Glee Buyers Power List for 2021.  Nominations can be made using the form in the July issue of GTN or on line using this link: Glee Buyers Power List 2021 nominations  or by e-mail to: trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk.  All nominations will be handled in strictest confidence.

 

 

The Glee Buyers Power List has celebrated the excellence of buying in the Garden, Leisure and Pet markets annually since 2015, and the winners have included:

Aylett Nurseries, B&M, B&Q, Blue Diamond, Enchanted-Earth.com, Frosts, gardensite.co.uk, Grovewell Garden Centres, Haskins, Homebase, John Lewis, MacKenzie & Cruikshank, Notcutts, Perrywood, Primrose.co.uk, Richard Jacksons Garden, Stax, The Range and Waitrose.

 

 

The winners of the Glee Buyers Power List 2021 will be announced live at Glee 2021 on Wednesday 15th September 2021.  See you there!

 

Nomination Form:

 

I nominate the following buyers/buying teams for the Glee Buyers Power List 2021:

 

Plants buyer/buying team of the Year

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Garden Care buyer/buying team of the Year

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Outdoor Leisure buyer/buying team of the Year

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Landscape buyer/buying team of the Year

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Home & Gifts buyer/buying team of the Year

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Pet buyer/buying team of the Year

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Retail Food & Drinks buyer/buying team of the Year

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Christmas buyer/buying team of the Year

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Overall Multiple Garden Retailer Buying Team of the Year – 6 stores or more

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Overall Independent Garden Centre Buying Team of the Year – up 5 stores

Buyer/Team Name……………………………………… Retailer Name……………………………………………………….

Why nominated:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Nominated by:…………………………………………………….of:………………………………………………………………

e-mail address:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

All nominations will be handled in strictest confidence

 

 

Send your completed nomination form to Glee Buyers Power List c/o GTN, Potting Shed Press, Dairy Drove, Thorney, Peterborough PE6 0TX or e-mail your nominations to: trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk by 17th August 2021 or vote on line using the On-LIne Glee Buyers Power List 2021 form

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