In This Issue
Solus brands: give us time, urges Scotts MD
Barton Grange plan £6m leisure development at Brock
Kingfisher continues to shine with their unique “World Icons”
October sales volume down but still tracking above average
Solex dates for 2015 change to reflect visitor response
Ghostly garden product sales for Halloween week
Town & Country offer premium gifts for gardeners...just in time for Christmas
Stewarts celebrate over 870 years in service!
HTA business mentoring scheme promises 'real world' approach
After 20 years, Bents find use for giant compost heap...
The annual Kingfisher Pre-season BIG giveaway has begun!
Retailers will be first to benefit from new era of collaboration
If catering and food are your growth areas our new Food Xtra will help you
The Quest for Christmas Greatness
Notcutts scoop Retail Interiors Award
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Speaking Santa Straws...you heard about them here first
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HTA plan to move Futures conference out of London
Defra minister recalls 'memorable summer' at Bransford Nurseries
Good weather equals record sales for growing media
Back Garden Re-Leaf Day says Downton Abbey star
Homebase director to share realignment 'secrets'
GPs should prescribe gardening says Queen's former doctor
15% sales surge in warm September
£25m Sinclair plant ushers in new hi-tech era
Bosmere grows management team
Primrose recognised via inclusion in Google Certified Shops programme
November spotlight turns to trees
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Good weather equals record sales for growing media
 

Another week goes by with exceptionally high sales levels for growing media at this time of the year. When the weather is right, the nation continues gardening for as long as it can. The final week of October had the highest sales of the past six years, up 17% on the previous high in 2009.

Sales of bark and manure have seen increases as gardeners prepare for next spring and mulch around new plantings. Are you offering deals on bark when customers purchase new shrubs and trees for autumn planting?

Star performers this week:

  • Westland Plant Protection Bark, 90 litre pack size, is the highest new entry at No 43.
  • Westland Gro-Sure Farmyard manure increased sales by 110% and moved up 10 places to No 6.
  • Arthur Bowers John Innes No 2, 25 litres, is this week’s biggest chart mover, up 23 places to No 20.
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