General election week 2017 proved a week too early for garden centre sales, according to data supplied for GTN Bestsellers.
Total sales volumes fell off a cliff to decrease by nearly 40% on the previous week, prompting concerns that the drop off from the summer peak of sales has arrived one or two weeks earlier than usual.
Sales in the last two weeks of June will tell us whether the season has stopped prematurely or if the high winds and the election just caused a temporary blip to sales.
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
