In This Issue
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards judges choose this years winners
Yorkshire Bank funds purchase and modernisation of Plant Plot Garden Centre in Lichfield
Evolution Aqua buys the Bermuda from Scotts
Plants are the stars as the heat cools off Christmas sales
New wild garden bird food brand 'Chirpy' launched
Blackbrooks celebrate record year
Christmas is nearly over - now it's time to party
Lovania’s retail plant range boosted by new consumer website plus new look POS
Gardman launches a 'forest' of artificial Christmas trees
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant honours Trimetals
Talking UK plant health at HTA Contact Conference
Do customers think you're The Greatest at Christmas?
Use social media, emails and website for customer votes
Plant Centre Manager
Garden Centre Manager
Retail Plant Centre Senior Supervisor
Product Merchandisers
Horticultural / Plantarea Manager (Wiltshire)
Senior Plant Centre Retail Manager (Leicestershire)
Garden Centre Horticultural Manager (Middlesex)
Wholesale Nursery Growing Supervisor (Herefordshire)
Buy your Christmas Awards Party tickets now
Centres to gather in Paris to discuss changing face of garden retail
Plant health and water policy on HTA Contact Conference agenda
Johnson's offers Kalettes for just £1 to promote a Great British vegetable
Garden product sales boosted by flower power
Plant displays generate high volume sales
Christmas sales ease off after busy period
Core gardening is 7% up for the year...
HTA Benevolent Fund appoints Caroline Owen as Trustee
Mr Fothergill's vegetable seeds support Chernobyl
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Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Situations Vacant
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Retail Plant Centre Senior Supervisor
 
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Product Merchandisers
Salary: £22,000+
 
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Horticultural / Plantarea Manager (Wiltshire)
Salary: £18,000 - £22,000
 
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Senior Plant Centre Retail Manager (Leicestershire)
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000
 
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Garden Centre Horticultural Manager (Middlesex)
Salary: £27,000 - £28,000
 
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Wholesale Nursery Growing Supervisor (Herefordshire)
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000
 
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Plants are the stars as the heat cools off Christmas sales


This week’s GTN Bestsellers Top 50 chart indexes show that Christmas sales slowed slightly last week, down 5% on the previous week, while plant sales increased by over 18%.  

We’ve seen some really great plant displays both inside and outside in centres we’ve visited for The Greatest Christmas Awards. No wonder sales are so good when customers are provided with beautiful, inspirational ideas for them to add ‘real’ colour to their Christmas decorations.

With just one major week left our Christmas sales index is nearly 30% up on last year. Will this weekend keep that up?

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - down 8%
  • Growing Media - down 15%
  • Christmas Products - down1%
  • All Items Index - down 3%
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