Take one look at this week's GTN Bestsellers All Products chart above and you’ll see that sales volumes are 15% higher than 2012 – a cracking performance considering difficult trading conditions earlier in the year.
Sales dipped off on the previous week – this was probably due to the fact that lines were selling out rather than there being a significant drop in footfall. Many garden centres were selling out of real trees – we spotted Hetland Garden Centre running low on stock (see picture below).
All indications from GTN Bestsellers data point towards good Christmas trading with consumer confidence resulting in impressive sales. LED lighting has certainly had a surge in interest this year.
And our Greatest Christmas Awards panel, who met up for final judging, were happy to report that garden centres were buzzing with festive activity.
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year:
Garden Products – up 6%
Christmas – static 0%
Growing Media – up 27%
All items index – up 15%
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