After Mother’s Day set a new record March week for volume sales, cooler weather at the start and end of the month meant the GTN Bestsellers volume sales index closed 18% down for March.
But as that compares with a March in 2021 when we had just come out of Lockdown #3 the real comparison should be year to date sales for the first quarter which are 15% up on 2021 and 23% up on 2019.
For some, that may not mean increased turnover as we’re not seeing the same volumes of early garden furniture sales this year. However, conversations with several garden centres this week reveal they are more than happy with the rate of furniture sales at the moment.
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week in 2021: week 13.
Garden Products Top 50 – down 33%
Growing Media Top 50 – down 36%
Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – down 26%
Wild Bird & Wildlife Care Top 50 – down 16%
GTN Bestsellers All Sales volumes compared to the same week in 2021: week 13
All Plants with Barcode index – down 37%
All Items with Barcode index – down 28%
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