In This Issue
Will the supply chain pull through? We speak to leading distributors
Timing wrong for merger with Solus implies Gardman CEO
Dramatic rise in business for STAX
Decco able to cope with increased demand
Littleheath makes it 9 for Hillview
Durstons reassure garden centres of growing media deliveries
Senior buyers and garden centre staff 'set to leave The Garden Centre Group'
Garden product sales on the rise
Gardman adopt new brand-building strategy
Fiskars start TV advertising campaign
GIMA launches £5,000 Innovator’s Seed Corn Fund
Veg growing MP celebrates opening of new garden centre restaurant
Lightweight Lytag gravel is the drainage and hydration solution – now available from Deco-Pak
James Wong wows the kids at Armitages Garden Weekend
Which? recommends Vital Earth Peat-Free Tub & Basket as a top performer
If catering and food are your growth areas our new Food Xtra will help you
Huge increase in Kelkay Aggregate sales
It's time to enter the Greatest Awards 2014
New range of colours and finishes for Gardman's Ice Orb
Gardeners get in the planting mood
New deal could save Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre
Quantil young plants dominate
Briers have (fashionable) designs on growth
TGCG launch war tribute theme seeds
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Will the supply chain pull through? We speak to leading distributors



The GTN Bestsellers All Products chart (above) continues to show encouraging sales figures in garden centres as the mild spring conditions have helped to give the industry a much needed boost.

With the weather set fair and consumer confidence growing, the picture for garden centres looked rosy...but then along came the Scotts-Solus split, and now the supply chain threatens to cause havoc in April and May.

Or does it? GTN Bestsellers has been talking to two major distributors – STAX and Decco – who are prepared to take up any slack in the chain caused by the Scotts-Solus breakdown.

Are your supplies of garden products getting through on time? Let us know your views on the latest developments. Email trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk

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

  • Garden Products – down 6%
  • Veg-2-Gro – up 9%
  • Growing Media – up 19%
  • All items index – up 26%
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