After the winds and rain of Storm Alice, garden centre sales jumped back to the ‘New Normal’ levels we’ve seen since re-opening, with volume sales up by 16% on the same week last year.
Gardening was the big winner for the week with growing media and plants volumes up by 58% and 39% on week 41 of 2019 while Christmas was down by 27%.
The October issue of GTN magazine has a comprehensive compilation of all the consumer research we could find from this year. From that and other trends commentary it is becoming clear that this isn’t just a flash in the pan.
We do appear to have a huge opportunity to make the ‘New Normal’ the real normal next year and grow sales even further. Do you agree? trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 41
Garden Products Top 50 – up 8%
Growing Media Top 50 – up 58%
Wild Bird & Wildlife Care Top 50 – up 10%
Veg-2-Gro Top 50 – up 36%
Christmas Top 50 – down 27%
GTN Bestsellers All Sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 41
All Plants with Barcode index – up 39%
All Items with Barcode index – up 16%
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