Trees and winter shrubs were the new movers in the GTN Bestsellers Plants chart last week. There were a record 16 new/re-entries in the Top 50 as total plant sales dropped by over 30% during Black Friday week.
Winter bedding Pansy and Primula sales plummeted by 60%. Is that a blip or a trend?
Highlights of the week were:
- Ajuga were the highest placed re-entry, back in at No 15.
- Prunus trees were the highest chart climber, up 27 places to No 20
- Malus trees debuted in the Top 50 at No 32.
- All Plants volume sales change: Week on week DOWN 31.5%. Year to date UP 7.6% on 2017
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