In This Issue
Glencrest Seatex sponsor The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards
HTA Study Tour arrives in Koln for spoga+gafa
Team Gardman - Growing with Confidence as they prepare for Glee
A better than average August for garden centre sales
Hillview 5 years on and ready for further growth
Bents’ Cook Shop team leader shortlisted in housewares awards
Bunnings to shed light on UK strategy at BHETA Forum
HTA's David Denny completes Channel swim to raise £2500+ for charity
Pennells veteran retires after 53 years service
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Prime-time airing for flower market documentary on Channel 4 on Monday
Plants that can charge a mobile is winning idea at Plantarium
Here come the fashionably late perennials
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Horticultural / Plantarea Manager (Lancashire)
Garden Sundries Shop Manager (Hampshire)
Garden Sundries Retail Manager (Leicestershire)
Garden Sundries Team Leader (Berkshire)
Top 50 plants up 50%
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Lighting continues to be a bestseller
Gardenstore former owners leave Hillview
Strawberry plants in high demand
Uplift in growing media sales
Inside the August issue of Garden Trade News
French show adopts 'easy plants' as its 2017 theme
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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GTN's Greatest Awards 2016
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A better than average August for garden centre sales


Despite August sales volumes being 6% down year on year, a rally in the last week ending 28th August meant the month ended up 6% above the average volume sales index over the period 2011 to 2016 according to the Epos data analysed every week by GTN Bestsellers.

If you cast your mind back to the summer of 2102 then this August has been positively wonderful, up 26% on that cold and damp summer holiday period.

As this issue of GTN Bestsellers goes to press the weather forecasters are proclaiming the first official day of Autumn.  Let’s hope we have an Indian summer to keep plant and other gardening sales rolling on at good levels before Christmas kicks into gear.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - up 10%
  • Veg-2-Gro - up 4%
  • Growing Media - up 6%
  • All Items Index - up 2%
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