Nobody ever expected sales for last week to be near to last week last year as that was the first full week after the Lockdown #1 closures, however the GTN Bestsellers data is also showing signs of the continued "Autumn in Late Spring" weather causing a slow down in sales.
The GTN Bestsellers All Sales index was down 15% week on week for last week and 29% down on the same week last year.
Please note our last week, year on year comparisons, below, are now back to 2020.
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week in 2020: week 21.
- Garden Products Top 50 – down 56%
- Growing Media Top 50 – down 54%
- Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – down 54%
- Wild Bird & Wildlife Care Top 50 – down 50%
GTN Bestsellers All Sales volumes compared to the same week in 2020: week 21.
• All Plants with Barcode index – down 24%
• All Items with Barcode index – down 29%
All the garden centres we've visited this week are full of plants and stocks of garden products, apart from furniture, so as soon as the weather warms up we could still be in for a few more bumper weeks before the end of June.
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