Apta looks to strengthen merchandising team
Four Product Merchandiser vacancies
Apta, the leading supplier of quality flowerpots and accessories to the UK garden trade, is looking to strengthen its merchandising team with the recruitment of motivated and ambitious Product Merchandisers...
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READYBLAZE … Safer, Greener and Ready to Burn
GTN Xtra Promotion
Winter fuel experts Dizmezs Ltd are launching READYBLAZE, a new firewood brand for the UK Garden Centre market. The brand marries superior performance with environmentally friendly features. Every piece of timber in their firewood products is kiln dried to under 20% moisture content level, leading to cleaner, hotter burning and less harmful emissions...
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Apta looks to strengthen merchandising team
Four Product Merchandiser vacancies
Apta, the leading supplier of quality flowerpots and accessories to the UK garden trade, is looking to strengthen its merchandising team with the recruitment of motivated and ambitious Product Merchandisers...
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Traeger – the original wood pellet grill
GTN Xtra Promotion
Grilling experts Traeger, have been revolutionising BBQ grilling and outdoor cooking for 30 years, using 100% natural hardwood fuel to infuse food with unparalleled flavourful smoke, making food taste absolutely delicious. Today, Traeger continue to lead and revolutionise the industry, as the world’s #1 selling wood-fired grill, perfected by decades of mastering the craft of wood-fired cooking...
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Global Journey Christmas Face Masks coming soon
GTN Xtra Promotion
On the back of the success of their trendy face masks Global Journey are thrilled to announce the launch of a new Christmas range...
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The Greener Gardening Company works around the clock to meet exceptional demand for growing media
The Greener Gardening Company has experienced phenomenal growth as a result of unprecedented nationwide demand for compost – having successfully stepped-up production to satisfy demand from retailers who have been scrambling to secure stocks of quality growing media...
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August heads for all time record plant sales
August plant sales are currently 6% up on last year with a Bank Holiday weekend of sales still to be added into the GTN Bestsellers Epos data...
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Look on The Brightside with WIDDOP and Co.
Getting on trend with the innovative design-led gift & home supplier. Over 8000 products, including 700 brand new products across 14 trend setting key range launches for AW20. And there are more ways than ever to connect with the company in this crazy climate and browse their offering...
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LOFA and the Garden Centre Association grow together
LOFA and the GCA have joined together to offer an online e-learning training course to get the LOFA Assured message out to GCA Members and Garden Centre staff across the UK...
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
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Supreme capitalises on well-known names
Supreme Petfoods is capitalising on two of the biggest names in small pets retailing – Russel and Gerty. The company has launched Gerty Guinea Pig Tasty Nuggets under its Tiny Friends brand following the success of Russel Rabbit mono-component format, which has seen sales increase fourfold in the past year.
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Ball Colegrave reveals top varieties for 2021
Nemesia ‘Lady Lisa' was voted as the overall favourite Annual plant variety by visitors at Ball Colegrave's Summer Trials. Rudbeckia Sunbeckia Series was the overall favourite Perennial plant variety...
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Will commercial drivers drown out green recovery?
RECOUP’s latest report, Covid-19 Impact Report, highlights the importance of a green recovery for the UK, but there are questions around what this looks like and how can it be translated into tangible actions with sustainability at the heart of it...
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Children grow their own chips, thanks to Squire's
Every year, Squire’s Garden Centres give local schools the opportunity to grow their own potatoes, and once harvested, Squire’s Café Bar teams normally cook them up into chips for the children to enjoy...
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On The Road – The WIDDOP Roadshow
Between 28th September and October 6th WIDDOP are taking their new products on the road in a state-of-the-art mobile showroom...
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Glee New Product Awards entries start pouring in
Who will be the winners in the Glee New Product Awards, in association with GTN, for 2020?
Despite Glee not taking place for real at the NEC the teams at Glee and Garden Trade News are pulling out all the stops with Gee Gathering "exhibitors" to create a virtual showcase of New Products for 2021...
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Garland opens new warehouse as sales increase £1m so far this season
The opening of a new purpose-built warehouse by Garland /Worth Gardening has proved to be timely as the company is experiencing unprecedented growth in sales for its extensive range of garden care products. Already this season, the company has achieved an impressive increase in turnover of almost £1 million...
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Never fear, Glee Daily News is here
While we can't all meet up at the NEC in September, the team at GTN will still be bringing you the Glee Daily News to keep you in the Glee mood...
Read Glee Daily News 2020 - Issue One
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Pots and pot feet figure large in Bestsellers
Garden products sales slowed last week but were still 3% up on last year. Pots and pot feet again figured large in the GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data with three pot line new entries in the Top 50 and six re-entries.,,
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Covid-19 incidents at Dobbies in Ayr and British Garden Centres at East Durham
NHS Ayrshire & Arran Test and Protect team has carried out Covid-19 contact tracing around the restaurant at Dobbies Garden Centre in Ayr and Public Health England will also be tracing customers from British Garden Centres at East Durham...
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August growing media up by 50% already
With one week still to go for August sales the GTN Bestsellers Growing Media Epos data is showing that growing media volumes this year are already 50% up on August 2019 and any August for the past 5 years...
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Feeding garden visitors of the wild variety
Wild Bird Care saw an increase last week, the first since June. Perhaps the cooler weather has got gardeners thinking about feeding their garden visitors instead of feeding themselves with the BBQ...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Customers saddened by garden centre closure
The imminent closure of a popular South Yorkshire garden centre has been met with shock and sadness by customers. Fosters Garden Centre in the village of Thrybergh near Rotherham is set to shut down at the end of October...
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Heavy rain dampens sales at garden centres
After the heatwave came a weekend of heavy rain and thunderstorms and guess what, sales from garden centres dipped, but they are still ahead of any of the previous four years sales for the same August week...
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Cowell’s embraces back-to-school photo opportunity
After the longest school break in living memory, the inaugural back-to-school photo, traditionally taken on the front doorstep, is going to be more important than ever. So Cowell’s have launched a campaign to help customers get their front doors looking #FirstDayPhotoReady...
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Face masks from Global Journey are a garden centre bestseller
GTN Promotion
There's more good news for the range of Global Journey Face Masks. After eight weeks of incredible sales of Face Masks, Global Journey have been listening to their customers and are delighted to announce the launch of 8 new plain designs to add to the range...
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Introducing Glee Gathering, 15-16 Sept 2020
Glee Gathering is a unique two-day digital experience designed to inspire whilst engaging buyers and connecting our community together. The Glee Gathering will host a virtual showroom of our exhibitors, engaging product showcases, exclusive content sessions and panel discussions, a platform to connect buyers and suppliers in a one-to-one environment, and the 2020 New Product Awards. All from the comfort of your home or office...
Read more and register for the Glee Gathering
The UK’s £3.7 billion garden glow up
Green-fingered Brits have spent an average of £105 each sprucing up their gardens with a makeover since the start of lockdown, equating to £3.7 billion being spent across the UK, according to new research from American Express...
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Garden Centre Photo Tours
If you've missed one of our popular photo tours of garden centres then click on the links below:
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Haskins Garden Centre in Snowhill, Crawley, has opened its doors to customers following a 12-month refurbishment costing £15m...
Read more and see GTN Xtras photo tour of the new centre
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