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Bank Holiday trading gets sales back on track


The May Bank Holiday trading period has given garden centres a welcome boost with sales getting back on track. In fact the All Products data for GTN Bestsellers  shows that volumes year to date are over 5% higher than last year.

The graph (above) is for sales over a two week period as the Bestsellers data is taken up to a Sunday, so to include Bank Holiday Monday, we’ve had to include information taken over a fortnight.

But it is encouraging to see that this year’s figures top those from the previous four years.

A leap in Veg-2-Gro sales is partly behind the positive figures with tomato plants and associated products figuring strongly throughout our Bestsellers charts.

There are 18 tomato varieties in the Top 50 Veg-2-Gro products with Gardeners Kitchen plants selling in high numbers

The surge in tomato growing is also in evidence in the Garden Products chart with Scotts Levington Tomorite leading the way, while in the Growing Media chart, the Tomorite Giant Planter with Seaweed is in an impressive second place.

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

  • Garden Products – up 48%
  • Veg-2-Gro – up 78%
  • Growing Media – up 26%
  • All items index – up 33%
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