In This Issue
Cheers to the amazing Christmas display teams
Garden & Leisure MD to leave after takeover
More re-structuring expected at The Garden Centre Group
Wedding promise clinches garden centre deal as British Garden Centres add eighth site
Apply now for GIMA Director
Signs are looking good for Christmas sales in garden centres
Blue Diamond to complete Fermoys deal this month
Win a trip to Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fayre including hotel and The Greatest Christmas Party
Are you making the most of retailing opportunities within your restaurant or café?
Visitor numbers up by 9.3% at AQUA 2013
Sectional Pond wins AQUA award for Atlantis
Thousands of pounds available for students
Vegtrug adds the Wall Hugger to its Signature range
If you want to keep track of the Christmas Bestsellers…
New Product ideas from lunch! 2013
New Bayer strategies cut fixture walkaway rates
Scunthorpe centre to close in November
Orchid products starting to sell in high volumes
Personalised Christmas decorations prove popular
All set for HTA Garden Futures Conference
Bark, top soil and farm manure show most growth
Forest launches new smarter pricing policy
New customer loyalty scheme from Bents
Kershaw’s Plants are to star alongside the Fonz in a new BBC drama
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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Cheers to the amazing Christmas display teams


GTN Xtra has been out and about this week taking a good look at what garden centres are doing with their Christmas displays this year...and we have to admit we've been impressed with what we've seen. The Greatest Christmas Awards will certainly be hotly contested this year.
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Garden & Leisure MD to leave after takeover
 
Garden & Leisure Group MD Neville Prest has announced he is to leave, following the takeover by the The Garden Centre Group...
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More re-structuring expected at The Garden Centre Group
News of further management re-structuring at The Garden Centre Group is expected to emerge within the next few weeks...
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Wedding promise clinches garden centre deal as British Garden Centres add eighth site
 
British Garden Centres have acquired Roxton Garden Centre in Bedfordshire, their eighth outlet – triggering the sound of wedding bells...
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Apply now for GIMA Director
 

GIMA, the UK’s only Trade Association dedicated to suppliers, requires a full time Director...
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Signs are looking good for Christmas sales in garden centres


As the Christmas season opens fully in many garden centres across the country, there are early signs that buying for the festive period is well underway. GTN Bestsellers data reveals that Christmas sales are up by 57% on the same week last year...
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Blue Diamond to complete Fermoys deal this month
Mid-October has been earmarked for completion of the Blue Diamond group’s takeover of Fermoys in South Devon...
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Win a trip to Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fayre including hotel and The Greatest Christmas Party


Here's your chance to win a trip to the Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fayre, the UK's only dedicated event for Christmas and celebration products taking place In January 2014...
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Are you making the most of retailing opportunities within your restaurant or café?
Have you thought about… retailing and cross-selling within your food space?


Research shows that a visit to a café or restaurant is fast becoming one of the key reasons for visiting a garden centre. Customers are looking for a complete experience and 'making a day of it' invariably includes time spent within your dining space. The key is to ensure that you maximise the retail potential of this captive audience by promoting a wide range of products and encouraging impulse buys...
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Visitor numbers up by 9.3% at AQUA 2013


The superlatives flowed thick and fast at AQUA 2013, the third edition of market leading showcase for the UK’s water gardening and aquatics trade. Among the words being used to describe the event which closed yesterday were ‘record breaking’, ‘excellent’, ‘focussed’, ‘innovative’ and ‘fantastic’...
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Sectional Pond wins AQUA award for Atlantis


Atlantis Water Garden Products scooped a top prize in the AQUA 2013 New Products Awards for their innovative Sectional Pond...
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Thousands of pounds available for students

Horticultural students have just four weeks left to apply for a scholarship worth £1,000 to support them with their studies...
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Vegtrug adds the Wall Hugger to its Signature range


VegTrug, the original, self contained, raised vegetable garden company is adding a new slim-line version of the iconic V-shaped planter to its range in the form of the Wall Hugger...
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If you want to keep track of the Christmas Bestsellers…
 
GTN Bestsellers has a Christmas Special Bonus Offer for you...
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New Product ideas from lunch! 2013
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Ideal as Christmas pick up lines, Gluten Free confectionery - Soft Winters Kiss and Chrunchy Winter Dream from Landgarten...
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