In This Issue
Bents gets ready for second stage of £10m expansion
Outdoor Living market is now worth in the region of £975m
Santa drives sales to a new Christmas volume record high
How Stars for Europe keep your customers coming back for more… poinsettias
Armitage's Pennine, Bents, Endsleigh, Ransoms and Van Hage (Great Amwell and Peterborough) win GCA regional Christmas display awards
Another great week for garden product sales
Nick Davies' new venture will help Westland to expand
Would a Santa Paws Grotto for dogs work in garden centres?
Buy your tickets for GTN's Greatest Christmas Party
Alexander Rose's design competition to be judged by Diarmuid Gavin
Kingfisher enjoys year of record sales growth
'Stars' take over Belgravia on International Poinsettia Day
Elf dream comes true for Ruth at Bents
Exhibitor stands at PATS Sandown ‘sold out’
Great British Bake Off star at HTA Catering Conference
Christmas sales gather pace as lighting is a bestseller
Fiskars set to sell Sankey business
Peat Free Soil Improver has a storming week
Westland launches Peckish film aimed at protecting wild birds
Arson suspected at Berkshire garden centre
Call for entries for AIPH International Grower of the Year 2014
Soho Coffee Co opens first garden centre outlet at Highfield
Millbrook raises more than £2,000 for its charity of the year
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Christmas sales gather pace as lighting is a bestseller
 

Sales volumes for Christmas products have increased by over 14% on the previous week as shoppers get into the festive mood.

The GTN Bestsellers Christmas Product chart is dominated by two companies – Premier Decorations has 19 entries and Keamingk 16.

Premier have five products in the Top 10 while Kaemingk claim the highest new entry, highest re-entry and highest climber accolades.

Indoor and outdoor lighting is a key seller at the moment and the Kaemingk Indoor Battery Operated LED lights (20 warm white) are the highest new entry at No 23.

Kaemingk have also seen their Angel Hair White/Iris become the highest re-entry at No 15 and their Rose On Clip with Glitter, Oxblood, jump 21 places to No 16 to claim the highest climber prize.

Another newcomer is the Festive Chunky Cut Tinsel at No 49 while History & Heraldry retain top for another week with Christmas Money Box.

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