GTN Bestsellers predicts that 2015 will be a year of record garden lighting sales as Gardman and Smart Solar continue to innovate and promote, and some interesting newcomers take a share of the rapidly expanding marketplace.

This week, as the weather warms up, GTN Bestsellers Epos data shows that bestselling garden lighting line sales volumes almost matched those of bestselling growing media lines.

With more and more centres moving their garden lighting sales areas to higher traffic areas, such as the new Smart Solar shop next to the café at Baytree, sales are sure to continue to grow.

The GTN Bestsellers team also spotted some high volume promotional lines from Kingfisher, part of the Bonnington range, at Hilltop Garden Centre this week (see picture above).

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...

• Garden Products – up 20%
• Veg-2-Gro Products – down 14%
• Growing Media – down 9%
• All items index – down 7%

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