In This Issue
Westland win Sword of Excellence with SafeLawn
Batavia 4Grill and Heat Beads BBQ Fuel
Star Wars Maize Maze opens at Skylark Garden Centre
Spirits High at SOLEX
Alton, Bramblecrest, Chessington and Shackeltons set the gold standards in The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards presented at Solex 2017
SOLEX celebrates 10th anniversary with birthday cake
GCA Wales & West winners receive awards
Kettler win Best Stand at SOLEX
Tepro wins Best New Product Award at SOLEX
Future Marketing welcomes new member at buyers meeting
See all the pictures from Build-up Day at SOLEX
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Ants light up garden product sales
Chilli plants sales heat up
Another week of gains for growing media
Plants up 17% on last week
Haskins promotes Andy Harriss to Senior Buyer
LOFAssured initiative launched at SOLEX
Commonwealth Games group visits SOLEX
New area sales manager joins Vitax
HTA Board finalises structure review
Outdoor cinema opens at Webbs
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Alton, Bramblecrest, Chessington and Shackeltons set the gold standards in The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards presented at Solex 2017


Alton, Chessington and Shackletons Garden Centres all won Gold Awards in GTN's Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards, presented last week at SOLEX 2017.  Bramblecrest won the Gold Award for Outdoor Leisure Supplier of the Year as voted for by garden centres visited by GTN's team of experts over the past four months.

After all of the judges visits to meet nominated Outdoor Leisure Sales Teams here are the winners in each category:



The Greatest Outdoor Furniture Sales Team

  • Bronze Award – Coolings Green & Pleasant
  • Silver Award – Millbrook Gravesend (pictured above)
  • Gold Award – Shackletons Home & Garden - who also win the SOLEX Best Furniture Retailer Award

 

The Greatest BBQ Sales Team

  • Bronze Award – Perrywood
  • Bronze Award – Bents
  • Silver Award – Hayes Garden World
  • Gold Award – Alton Garden Centre - who also win the SOLEX Best BBQ Retailer Award

 

The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Supplier of the Year

  • Bronze Award – 4 Seasons (below)
  • Bronze Award – Supremo
  • Bronze Award – Scancom
  • Silver Award – Kadai
  • Silver Award - Weber
  • Gold Award – Bramblecrest (above)

 

The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team

  • Bronze Award – Poplars
  • Bronze Award – Bents
  • Silver Award – Millbrook Gravesend
  • Gold Award – Chessington

Presenting the awards at a drinks reception, kindly provided by sponsors SOLEX, GTN's MD Trevor Pfeiffer said: "the judges have seen excellent examples of high quality retailing this year with plenty of effort going in to add on sales across the outdoor leisure sector that are increasing customer satisfaction and profitability."

"Where great teamwork is added to excellent retail standards that's when success is even greater,"  he added.  "That's why our awards seek to find and celebrate the really great teams who are making a difference and setting new levels of performance that others can strive for."

You'll be able to read more about the winners and see pictures taken by the judges during their visits in future issues of Garden Trade News and GTN Xtra over the coming weeks.


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