Sales in Autumn running later than last year, according to Bestsellers data
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Christmas is coming... but it’s not getting going just yet. EPoS data supplied to GTN Bestsellers indicates the autumn season is running one or two weeks behind last year, and that includes the start of the big Christmas build-up.
Even in the North of England garden centres are commenting that they haven’t had a frost yet and that is usually a trigger that gets people buying autumn bedding, bulbs and then of course Christmas.
Compost and Veg-2-Gro sales are up year on year by 6%, so the keener customers are getting on with it. And wild bird care sales are up year on year by 7% so there are signs of activity building. We just need a frost or two!
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
- Garden Products - down 14%
- Veg-2-Gro Products - up 6%
- Growing Media - up 6%
- All Items Index - down 6%
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Pictured: Wild Bird Care gets the Christmas treatment at Barton Grange.
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