In This Issue
Kaemingk to open UK showroom
Spring Fair to be replaced by "Spring Fair @Home" on the Spring Fair website
Retail Equipment Limited acquire Greenkey Garden & Home
British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham
Core gardening keeps sales ahead of last year
Garden centres in England and Scotland can stay open - now is the time to review Covid-19 safety
Industry committed to better collaboration on peat use
33% up – growing preparations for next year
HTA 'Keep Britain Blooming’ campaign wins national award
More plants sold in October already than last year
Hard landscaping sales to rise, according to GCA report
Indoor planting for a harmonious, calming aesthetic
Westland rolls out innovative new hosepipe technology
Darlac introduces new tools for 2021
Frank P Matthews growing ‘Orchards for Schools’
How retailers can capture a new generation of poinsettia customers this festive season
Internet garden market set to achieve 25% growth
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Pots continue to dominate garden product sales
Dobbies raises funds for Stroke Association
Christmas sales continues to grow
Plant Healthy E-learning modules launched
AIPH approves Euroflora 2021 in Genova
Garden Connect renews EFSA website
OHAS Grower Standard Version 4 launches
The best of last week's
Monty Don makes headlines slamming garden centres
HTA calls on Welsh government to review ‘non-essential retail’ ruling on garden centres
October gardening hits record levels
Dobbies launches new format store in Scotland’s capital
Steve Harper joins Southern Trident
Fordingbridge looks to expand polytunnel arm of business
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
Start-up firm Sniffe & Likkit shakes up petcare category
Armitage Pet Care sold to US firm
Pet start-ups set to grow after securing investment
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Kaemingk to open UK showroom

Great news for UK Christmas buyers, Kaemingk are opening a showroom in Solihull from 9th of January 2021...

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Spring Fair to be replaced by "Spring Fair @Home" on the Spring Fair website

 

Due to new UK government restrictions on the reopening of business conferences and exhibition halls, Spring Fair will no longer take place in February 2021...

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Retail Equipment Limited acquire Greenkey Garden & Home
 

Greenkey Garden & Home has been sold for an undisclosed sum to Retail Equipment Limited of Sudbury, Suffolk. Greenkey directors Jeremy and Emma Parkes will retire in six months time, allowing the opportunity for new management to further develop the business...

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British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham

Charles Stubbs, Lewis Fox and Nemanja Tintor, along with the rest of the BGC team, were proud as punch yesterday as their 58th centre at Thatcham in Berkshire opened...

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Core gardening keeps sales ahead of last year
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Garden centre volume sales took a bit of a dip last week but still ran at 5% ahead of last year. Core gardening activity didn’t seem to suffer though with growing media and plant sales volumes being 33% and 6% up on the same week last year.

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Garden centres in England and Scotland can stay open - now is the time to review Covid-19 safety

Following news that garden centres in England and Scotland can remain open, HTA President Boyd Douglas-Davies, has called upon garden centres to work to the highest standards of Covid-19 safe policies and to review everything now before the month long lockdown in England begins or areas in Scotland move into Tier 4...

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Industry committed to better collaboration on peat use
 

The horticulture industry and government have welcomed data that shows further decreases in the percentage of peat used in growing media, acknowledging its importance to the sector’s ability to deliver vital plants and trees into UK ornamental horticulture...

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33% up – growing preparations for next year

October growing media sales volumes have exceeded the month totals of the past three years despite there still being a week of sales to go...

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HTA 'Keep Britain Blooming’ campaign wins national award

The HTA has been recognised by public relations and media professionals for its successful ‘Keep Britain Blooming’ campaign in the Spring to reopen garden centres from lockdown, by winning the prestigious PR Week Awards ‘best coronavirus crisis management’ award...

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More plants sold in October already than last year

In the first four weeks of October 2020 we’ve already seen more plants sold in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data than in the equivalent five-week period of the month last year...

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Hard landscaping sales to rise, according to GCA report

Gardeners across the country enhanced their outdoor spaces during September which led to a rise in sales in hard landscaping, according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report. Compared with the same month in 2019, sales were up 72.37%.

 

Bernaville Nurseries in Devon saw September sales grow with hard landscaping and garden sundries selling particularly well.

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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Start-up firm Sniffe & Likkit shakes up petcare category

Start-up Sniffe & Likkit has launched a range of premium dog grooming products designed to capitalise on the on-going humanisation of pets and the Petcare category’s continued growth. The range has already scooped Health & Grooming ‘Product of the Year’ from PetQuip - the international trade association of pet equipment manufacturers...

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Armitage Pet Care sold to US firm

Armitage Pet Care, supplier of the Good Boy treat brand, has been sold by its private equity owner to US company Spectrum Brands in a deal worth £140 million.

 

The Good Boy Advent Calendar for Dogs is again a popular product in garden centres, becoming the highest re-entry into this week's GTN Bestsellers Christmas chart. 

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Pet start-ups set to grow after securing investment

Start-up pet food companies are being targeted by investors expecting to see handsome financial returns from this profitable sector. Just in the past week two relatively new companies have secured big investment to grow their businesses...

 

Richard Branson's daughter Holly (above right) has invested in healthy dog snack start-up brand, Denzel’s.

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Indoor planting for a harmonious, calming aesthetic

Leading plant pot manufacturer, elho, recognises the importance of both house plants and colour now more than ever. As such, with its new 2021 collection, it has created a range of indoor plant pots to tap into this soft colour trend, to help people create homes that make them feel comfortable and at ease...

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Westland rolls out innovative new hosepipe technology

Westland is launching Smartflo into the market, the first hose that ‘unkinks’ itself, reduces the risk of leaks and is built to last...

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Darlac introduces new tools for 2021
 

 

Darlac, the cutting tools expert, has introduced several new products for the 2021 season aiming to build on its already successful ranges...

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Frank P Matthews growing ‘Orchards for Schools’

Frank P Matthews has teamed up with The Tree Council to supply ‘Orchards for Schools’ across the UK. All nurseries, primary schools and secondary schools, both dependent and independent are eligible to apply for a free orchard pack which will include fruit-bearing, wildlife-enhancing and carbon-storing trees...

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How retailers can capture a new generation of poinsettia customers this festive season
 

 

Retailers have an unrivalled opportunity to bring poinsettia to the attention of even more customers as the popularity of houseplants continues to skyrocket...

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Internet garden market set to achieve 25% growth

The internet garden products market is estimated to achieve growth of 25%, profiting from the surge in Internet usage as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by AMA Research...

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