Gardening and plant sales continued at unprecedented levels during the first week of March, according to garden centre Epos data analysed by GTN Bestsellers.
The GTN Bestsellers All Products Index of items sold was up by 93% on the same week last year and 81% up on the average for the first week of March over the previous ten years. Last week back in 2018 was when the Beast from the East struck hard and this years sales for the same week were up by 367% in comparison.
Plant sales performed even better, in terms of percentage growth year on year. The GTN Bestsellers All Plants Index was up by 170% taking the year to date position of plant sales to being up year on year by 32%.
Subscribers to the GTN Bestsellers printed newsletter will get to see the breakdown of those sales later this week and they will also know which products in particular benefited from this early burst of gardening sales via the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales charts. Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers, it costs just £145 per year, here.