The rules are being changed. Last week saw a 35% increase in garden product sales in the GTN Bestellers Garden Centre Epos data.
Even last year when we saw the first of the new gardeners coming into garden centres products started to drop off at the start of June. It’s a good job centres were well stocked at the end of May, summer demand has been enormous especially for plant feeds and pest controls.
Evergreen Garden Care Levington Tomorite 1L + 30% Free stays at No 1, outselling the second and third ranked products combined.
Hozelock 2691 Metal Rose Head Spray Gun is a re-entry at No 25.
Smart Garden’s Fence & Balcony Hanging Pot Ivory is a new entry at No 33.
A colder than average May resulted in the lowest Top 50 Garden Products sales volumes recorded in the GTN Bestsellers Epos database since 2014. After the great start for the year this may actully end up being a benefit as it’s allowed shelves to be re-stocked ready for a summer of gardening. May 2021 sales were 14% below May 2019.
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