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One million new gardeners = increased sales
GTN Bestsellers Epos data anyalsis
New gardeners are keeping garden centre sales volumes significantly ahead of normal for the summer. GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis shows the first weekend of August was over 20% up on any of the previous four years with no sign of the sales increase abating...
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Fair Trade Face Coverings from Earth Squared – the new ‘must have’ accessory!
GTN Promotion
As face coverings become a part of every day life, fair trade brand Earth Squared who are well known for their range of fantastic fashion accessories, are reporting tremendous sales (and feedback) for their 100% cotton face coverings...
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Hyve launches virtual events, including Glee Gathering
Exhibition organiser Hyve Group is set to run three virtual forums next month – Autumn Fair @ Home, Glee Gathering and Fashion Together...
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Eat Out to Help Out With CSY
GTN Promotion
Throughout these difficult times we have been helping our customers every step of the way toward the new normal. Following recent news for the hospitality industry we want to help our Garden Centre customers who have restaurants or cafes with the new Eat Out to Help Out promotion. At CSY we have built a specific promotion that will calculate the discount for our customers...
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Fund created for Westland accident victims family reaches £5,000 target
Ayrshire garden centre owner, Michael Hayes of Hayes Garden Land in Symington who set up a JustGiving page to raise money for the family of Philip Moore who died after a tragic accident at Westlands Dungannon factory has reported that while the fund has reached the target of £5,000 further donations to help the family would be welcome...
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GCA members discuss challenges of re-opening restaurants and cafés
Members of the Garden Centre Association have taken part in a virtual forum to discuss the challenges they faced with the re-opening of restaurants and cafés. The forum was facilitated by Chris Brown (pictured) of Turpin Smale Catering Consultants.
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Haskins Snowhill’s new look centre bounces back
The high-spec new look garden centre at Haskins Snowhill, which had to close its doors shortly after opening because of lockdown, is now being fully appreciated by customers, staff and the building’s developers. Newspan managed the construction of the new building...
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Garden centre evacuated after massive fire breaks out at nearby scrapyard
The owners of Dennetts Garden Centre in Daventry had to evacuate their home on Monday evening (August 3) after a massive blaze broke out at a car scrapyard adjacent to the centre...
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John Lewis looks to expand into horticulture
Retail giant John Lewis says future development of the company could include a horticultural side of the business...
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Greenfingers Charity begins work at Rainbows Hospice
Work officially started on the new Remembrance Garden at Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People in the East Midlands – the first Greenfingers garden to be created following the easing of the nationwide lockdown....
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New Product Awards go ahead
The organisers of PATS Telford are pleased to announce that the highly-prized New Product Awards will go ahead despite September’s show being cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions...
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Char-Broil appoints new team to fire up UK business
Following many successful years building and expanding Char-Broil’s UK business, Ian Moore has retired, and the company has appointed Luke Hopkins, formerly of Landmann BBQ, as National Sales Manager...
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It’s a Herbidacious summer for veg sales
Herb plant sales have rocketed this summer and last week the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro Top 50 herb plant sales volume was up 288% on the same week last year...
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Pot sales stay high
Pots just keep on selling at amazing levels. Last week saw another 85% increase for pots year on year in the GTN Garden Products Chart, accounting for 20% of the Top 50 sales volume. And undoubtedly driving up growing media sales too...
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Autumn colour comes early
Autumn plant sales have started early, according to the GTN Bestsellers Epos data, with Pansy, Chrysanthemum, Cyclamen and Viola all selling through at levels normally seen in September right at the start of August...
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Legal seeds offer new opportunities for horticulturists
Dutch Passion, the famous seed company from the Netherlands, is pioneering yet again with the introducing of seeds with high levels of cannabigerol (CBG) and low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)...
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Double growing media sales fuelled by new gardeners
For the third summer week running, growing media sales have been double last year's levels. This must be fuelled by new gardeners and gardening in pots and containers...
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APHA launches first plant health apprenticeship scheme
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has launched an exciting new apprenticeship scheme as a non-degree entry route to becoming a professional Plant Health and Seeds Inspector (PHSI)...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Online garden centre retailer apologises to dissatisfied customers
Online garden centre retailer Primrose has apologised for its ‘poor service’ which has led to disgruntled customers setting up their own Facebook page. The consumer group, which has attracted 715 members on the social media platform, calls itself ‘Dissatisfied Primrose Garden Centre Customers’...
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New benchmark for summer sales
July 2020 has set a new benchmark for gardening sales during the summer. People still working from home, staycations, good weather and garden centres still keeping planterias and other areas well stocked are resulting in unprecedented sales volumes...
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We've all gone Potty!
Pots sales have risen by 96% since garden centres re-opened according to analysis of Epos data supplied by garden centres for GTN Bestsellers...
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Surge in home and garden businesses trading online
More British SMEs than ever are trading online in the Home & Garden sector, according to the latest figures from GS1 UK...
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Dobbies and Sainsbury’s grocery partnership launches
Dobbies Garden Centres celebrated the opening of the new look foodhall in Edinburgh on Thursday last week. This marked the launch of the wholesale partnership with Sainsbury’s, bringing a range of high-quality food and grocery products to the store in Edinburgh...
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Garden Centre Photo Tours
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Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Haskins Garden Centre in Snowhill, Crawley, has opened its doors to customers following a 12-month refurbishment costing £15m...
Read more and see GTN Xtras photo tour of the new centre
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