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BESTSELLERS - The UK Garden Centre Charts
Weekending Sunday 29/01/2012
Indoor and Outdoor sales opportunities
There’s a real mix of garden products with increased sales in the GTN Garden Product Bestsellers chart this week. Feed for houseplants and cover pot sales are on the up as are outdoor feeds, tree ties, solar lights and wheelie bin numbers. Does anyone know what the driver is for a sudden increase in wheelie bin number sales?
• Orchid feeds are No 1 and 2 with the Fito drip feeder at the top again and Orchid Myst for Growth technology one place behind.
• Westland Earth Matters Chicken Manure Pellets, 7kg move up to No 3.
• Gardman Heavy Duty Tree Ties, 40 cm, are the highest re-entry at No 18.
Garden Lighting products sales continue to shine. Botanico Topiary Net lights are a new entry at No 50 and there is a re-entry for Gardman Ice Orb Stainless Steel Solar lights at No 26.
Racing Ahead
Growing Media sales are racing ahead. Are you making the most of the early sales? Just think of all the times your customers could need to come back to you if you get them growing early. Are you offering early bird compost bounce backs? Are you letting your growing media customers know when seedlings and other plants will be in stock?
All but 10 lines in the GTN Growing Media Bestsellers chart increased their sale week on week with all types of growing media seeing increases.
• Highest chart climber is Westland Indoor plant compost 10 litres, up 22 places to No 18.
• Biggest week on week sales increase goes to Vital Earth Organic Garden Compost, 50 litres. Up over 250% to re-enter at No 43.
• Highest chart re-entry is Scotts Levington John Innes No 3, 25 litres, back in at No 39.
At the top of the chart for the 4th week in a row is Westland’s West+ Multipurpose Compost, 60 litres.