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Prongcroft brings fresh approach to garden care
GTN Xtra Promotion
Prongcroft Ltd, of Nottingham, a company which brings a fresh approach to garden care and maintenance introduced The Garden Prong at Glee last September...
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Westland commit to £1.5m TV campaign for peat free growing media
Westland will become the first to promote the sale of peat free growing media on main stream TV with a £1.5m campaign in 2020...
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GTN Bestsellers looks forward to new product bonanza
After an August that has traded above last year, + 2.1%, and above the average for the past 9 years, + 2.3%, all eyes now focus on Glee to see what new products will become bestsellers for the next few years...
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SBM switches to sole distribution deal with Stax
SBM has appointed Stax as its exclusive distributor to the garden centre and nursery trade from October...
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spoga+gafa 2019 - GTN Xtra photo tour
Sleeker and lower furniture lines, urban gardening, re-use of plastic, masses of garden decoration lines and loads of BBQ's were the headlines at spoga+gafa in Koln...
See our photo tour here
Elho launches more innovations at spoga+gafa
Brand new elho innovations that support and encourage everyone to give room to nature were launched at spoga+gafa earlier this month. Here’s a preview of just some of the new collection that will appeal to customers seeking clever solutions, stylish designs and trendy colours...
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Bulldog turn spotlight on brand loved by pros and enthusiasts
Bulldog Tools will showcase their famous solid-forged Premier brand loved by professionals and keen gardeners across the industry...
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Bulldog Pedigree goes from strength to strength
Bulldog Tools are showcasing more than four ranges at Glee this week, taking the 240-year-old brand from strength to strength with professional, children’s and hobby gardener markets...
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5p-a-pot payback encouraged Pennells customers to return 135k plastic pots for recycling in August...
Pennells Garden Centre have saved more than 135,000 plastic pots from being burnt for fuel with their ambitious campaign during August of paying customers 5p credit for each pot they returned. The company says this meant customers got £6,825’s worth of plants for free during August!...
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Glee Retail Lab: sponsor EKJU explain's why it's a 'must see' feature
Latvian timber furniture and accessory makers EKJU are showcasing some of their best products in the Retail Lab at Glee this week. Here they tell us why a visit to the Lab should be on every
visitor's itinerary...
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Could your choice of uniform help save the planet?
Taylor Made Designs is a company that can help you become more environmentally-friendly with your choice of staff uniform. Meet them on stand 19M17 at Glee to find out more...
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Garden product sales climb by 38%
Garden product sales were the big growth area, year on year, in the GTN Bestsellers data for August. Up by 38% for the month on last year to get almost back up to 2017 August levels...
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Malcolm Scott Consultants appoints new associate
Garden centre planning and design specialists Malcolm Scott Consultants has expanded its Worcester-based team with the appointment of a new associate, Andrew Burton...
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Growing media still nearly 8% up
A drop in volume sales of 6% during August for growing media has taken some of the gloss off the overall performance, but year to date sales are still running at nearly 8% up year on year...
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Mourners give ex-GTN staffer Bob a 'psychedelic' send-off
Mourners dressed up in attire to reflect the ‘Psychedelic 60s’ at a memorial service in Cranford, Northants, yesterday (7 September) for former Garden Trade News sub-editor and writer Bob Stonebridge, who has died, aged 68, after a long battle with cancer...
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Still more growth for Wild Bird Care
August 2019 saw 4% growth in Wild Bird Care sales, but that still didn’t get the sector back to 2017 levels which was the last full year without any Gardman related distribution issues...
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Veg remains 40% up despite a quiet August
Even after the quietest August for 6 years, Veg 2 Gro remains a sector that has grown enormously year to date...
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August dip for plant sales
August 2019 wasn’t a great month for plant volume sales, ending 16% down on both August 2018 and 2017...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
IGCA 2019 - 250 delegates from across the world visit UK garden centres
IGCA members from across the world were in London and the South of England last week taking part in the annual IGCA Congress - Windsor...
See GTN Xtras photos from the IGCA visits to Millbrook and Ruxley Manor
Dobbies link-up with Downton Abbey movie looks like an industry first
In what is probably a first for the garden industry, Dobbies has teamed up with Universal to celebrate the release of the new Downton Abbey movie...
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Council cleared of 'unprofessional conduct' over Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre
Wokingham Borough Council has been cleared of maladministration or unprofessional conduct over its handling of the Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre planning dispute, according to a report on Berkshire Live...
Pictured: Robert Scott, owner of Hare Hatch Sheeplands GC, who avoided jail when he admitted defeat.
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Who made it on to shortlist for Glee 2019 Buyers Power List?
Industry voting closed yesterday for the Glee 2019 Buyers Power List, set-up to recognise the individual buyers and buying teams who have gone above and beyond to make a difference within the garden retail industry this year...
Pictured: the 2018 awards ceremony.
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Wyevale group shuts down e-commerce
The recent shutdown of the Wyevale Garden Centres e-commerce operation marks the latest phase of WGC’s plans to close the business for good by the autumn...
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Garden Centre Photo Tours
If you've missed one of our popular photo tours of garden centres then click on the links below:
Garden Centre Photo Tour - RHS Wisley New Plant Centre
Read the full interview with Damien Powell in the August issue of GTN out this week
RHS Retail Director, Damian Powell, took GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer on a guided tour of the new plant centre and retail areas at RHS Wisley last month...
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spoga+gafa 2019 - GTN Xtra photo tour
Sleeker and lower furniture lines, urban gardening, re-use of plastic, masses of garden decoration lines and loads of BBQ's were the headlines at spoga+gafa in Koln...
See our photo tour here
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