Heat is turned up for August sales GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis
Despite cooler than normal temperatures, August garden centre trading reached new record levels for the month, even beating the previous, post Lockdown#1 high of last year by 12%.
Excluding last year sales for the month were 36% higher than the August average for the preceding nine years.
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Please note our last week, year on year comparisons, below, are now back to 2020.
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week in 2020: week 35.
Garden Products Top 50 – up 16%
Growing Media Top 50 – down 6%
Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – up 33%
Wild Bird & Wildlife Care Top 50 – up 10%
GTN Bestsellers All Sales volumes compared to the same week in 2020: week 35.
All Plants with Barcode index – up 18%
All Items with Barcode index – up 14%
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