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Ten Steps to Sparkling Sales
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Kelkay paves the way to success
Stamp duty changes will help boost gardening sales say GIMA
Retailers reap handsome rewards from Stax Rebate Scheme
Gardenex to organise exhibitor groups at major trade shows in the US and Germany in 2015
Webbs provide festive chocolate treat for hospice children
Penguins, poinsettia and personalised decorations light up for Christmas sales
18 Days to Christmas - Are you The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team?
Retailers buy into Gardman's tooling range
Sponsor Carol Paris & Friends (Two and Four Legged) as they run today for Greenfingers in the Santa Run
Deco-Pak steps up support for Forget-Me-Not
Wyevale Garden Centres celebrate Christmas with campaign to fund Marie Curie Nurses
Horticultural small business celebrated in National Advent Countdown
Gardening celebs get ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz
Wisley visitors name their favourite New Guinea impatiens
The Quest for Christmas Greatness - Buy Your Tickets for The Greatest Christmas Party Here
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Learn how to achieve the impossible at GCA Conference
Protect plants this winter with Vitax products
New speakers announced for Contact 2015 - ‘Growing Opportunities’
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Choice Marketing appoints Mr Fothergill's as major seed supplier
Love the Plot You’ve Got Regional Master classes
Vivid Arts products dominate GTN Bestsellers chart
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Penguins, poinsettia and personalised decorations light up for Christmas sales



Penguins, poinsettia and personalised Christmas products are the key bestsellers as we run into the busiest weeks of the year.

That John Lewis TV ad and the Penguins of Madagasgar film are doing the sales promotion trick with a Vivid Arts Penguin at No 7 and the Smart Solar Bright Eye Penguin returning to the charts at No 8.

Poinsettia and orchid sales are riding high as indicated by sales of Fito drip feeders and cover pots (although there are not as many cover pots as last year in the charts just yet).

In Christmas departments the personalised lines continue to outsell everything else.

The Epos data supplied to GTN Bestsellers is showing some dramatic shifts this Christmas season with sales volumes last week having extremes of plus 46% through to minus 30%.  How are your sales compared to last year?  Let us know by emailing trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk

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

  • Garden Products – down 41%
  • Xmas Products  – down 24%
  • Growing Media – down 5%
  • All items index – down 18%
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Pictured: Penquins at Fresh@Burcot Garden Centre.

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