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Election week dents sales, reveals GTN Bestsellers
Smart on the move to the Eureka Building
Retail Lab @ Glee is set to be the key focal point at show
Don't miss the HTA National Plant Show
Elho sponsors new award at National Plant Show
The Gardens Group founders receive Outstanding Contribution Award
Botanical glasshouse in development plan for old port
Best in Show award for Wyevale Garden Centres
Love Your Plot announces Kettler as sponsor of Al Fresco Fortnight
Tong Garden Centre shortlisted in Bradford business awards
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Winds of change blow garden product sales off course
Busy first Orchid Inspiration Days event
Cool cucumbers buck the sales drop
History & Heraldry in the Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200
Growing media sales plummet
DJ Turfcare to launch RHS range at Glee 2017
The end of Summer for plant sales?
Business development appointment at Mr Fothergill's
Green Up for professional looking lawns
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Election week dents sales, reveals GTN Bestsellers


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...
  • Garden Products - down 43%
  • Veg-2-Gro - down 43%
  • Growing Media - down 37%
  • All Plants Index - down 31%
  • All Items Index - down 25%
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