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It was a challenging Christmas, say UK garden centres
Record breaking growth for Farplants’ Christmas offering
Top 20 Christmas Products for 2017 revealed
Bord na Móna: at the forefront of developing top quality growing media
Further growth for Tildenet with Fleximas acquisition
Ivyline and Greenfingers, anyone for tea?
Garden centre’s future in doubt after housing application
Barton Grange in the news following jet fuel tank discovery
Former England rugby player to speak at GCA conference
Notcutts celebrates successful 120th year
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Gardenex secures funding for major trade exhibitions
The next big step in garden retail
Praise for PATS on reaching 10th Sandown milestone
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The Tildenet Group appoints James Hollingworth
Discover the benefit of plants and gardening in 2018, urges HTA
Retail Sales Director appointed by Quantil
Fabulous free activities at Squire’s Pet Weekend
New chairman of Growing Media Europe
The best of last week's
Bunnings UK boss to take a three month break
Much loved industry figure passes away after cancer battle
OBEs for Colin Squire and John Athwal
2017: A year of transition for the garden centre trade
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Top 20 Christmas Products for 2017 revealed

GTN Bestsellers, the UK's weekly report of garden centre sales, has spent the Festive period analysing all the weekly EPOS data supplied by garden centres to create the Top 20 and Top 100 Christmas Products charts for the 2017 season and here is the Top 20 sold by volume from the last week of September through to Christmas Eve:

 

The UK Garden Centre Bestsellers Christmas Products Chart

   

25th September to 24th December (weeks 39 - 51) 2017

   

This year

Product description

1

Suki Personalised Angel Ornament - 5053154290020

2

Steenland Milk Chocolate Coins 50g - 8718800019888

3

Suki Personalised Snowman/Snowgirl Ornament - 5053154297104

4

Lindt Chocolate Teddy Bear 10g - 96022078

5

Hometown World Santas Secret Elf Personalised Books - 9781785535581

6

Albert Premier Chocolate Coins 100g - 5413368001001

7

History & Heraldry Honeycombe Tree Decoration - 886767095813

8

History & Heraldry Traditional Glass Baubles - 886767073514

9

The Millford Collection Scented Pine Cones - 5035221004624

10

Playwrite Christmas Jingle Stick - 5016064095239

11

JVL Christmas Machine Washable Doormat - 5017440016039

12

Kinnerton Chocolate Sprouts Net 75g - 5010775197152

13

Kaemingk LED Tealights White pack of 6 - 8717427245274

14

Jeno Floral Glitter Holly Pick - 5056055374790

15

Holiday Specs 3D Christmas Glasses Snowflakes - 748486999172

16

Kaemingk LED Bottle Red/White Warm White - 8719152793143

17

History & Heraldry Our Family Christmas Tree Baubles - 886767059310

18

Konstmide Water Filled Lantern Santa - 7318302888008

19

Holiday Specs 3D Christmas Glasses Reindeer - 748486999950

20

Lindt Children's Advent Calender - 5012454067282

 

Every week GTN Bestsellers publishes Top 50 sales charts for Garden Products, Veg 2 Gro plants and seeds, Growing Media, Wild Bid Care and Plants.  During the Christmas season the weekly Top 50 Christmas Products are also published.

 

This year the cumulative sales volume of the GTN Bestsellers Christmas Charts, from week 39 through to week 51, shows an increase of 18.2% on 2016 levels and up 45% on data reported for 2015.  Given the comments from garden centres in the story "It was a challenging Christmas, say UK garden centres", say UK garden centres, it would appear Christmas 2017 has been one of more smaller "feel good" purchases, so we've all had to work harder to stand still turnover wise.

 

 

The rise in demand and sales for Christmas confectionery may have caught some garden centres by surprise but where "stop me and buy me" displays have been added to Christmas the results have been astounding.

 

Subscribers to the GTN Bestsellers weekly chart service will receive the full GTN Bestsellers Christmas Top 100 chart later this week including comparisons to 2016.  In that chart the total Top 100 volume is dominated by personalised and confectionery Christmas lines, accounting for 52% of all Top 100 sales.

 

To subscribe to GTN Bestsellers and get your personal copy of the GTN Bestsellers Christmas Top 100 for 2017, plus the GTN Bestsellers charts every week for 2018 click on this link.

 

 

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