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Klondyke garden centres reports "successful" year's trading
Klondyke Group’s accounts for the year to 30 September 2018 show turnover of £53.2m, down 2.4% from £54.5m the previous year – a 53-week year – though like-for-like turnover was up 1.4%. Source: Garden1
Notcutts unveils revamped Booker garden centre and updates on estate refresh progress
Notcutts has officially opened a revamped plantarea, restaurant, indoor retail space and a new show garden at Booker Garden Centre near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Source: Garden1
Garden centre suppliers see sales rises of up to 90%
Members of the Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association (GIMA) are celebrating a spring sales bonanza, with suppliers “fighting against the clock” to meet demand from retailers. Source: Garden1
Former Dobbies and Hillier plant buyer joins B&Q
Riichard Egerton is now Product Lead – Horticulture at Kingfisher plc. Source: Garden1
Horticulture Week shortlisted for prestigious professional publishing industry award
Horticulture Week has been named by the Professional Publishers Association as a finalist in the prestigious PPA Awards 2019 – the leading awards event for business and consumer media in the UK. Source: Garden1
Greenfingers urges garden centres to promote its planting scheme in-store
Greenfingers is encouraging garden retailers to offer displays to help consumers recreate the Chelsea look within their own gardens. Source: Garden1
How are growers promoting their plants better in garden centres?
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How are the messages growers use to promote their products to retail customers changing?
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Metaldehyde retail sales ban nears as retailers slice slug killer prices to £1
Retailers are rushing to sell off metaldehyde slug pellets ahead of a ban which starts June 30 2019. Source: Garden1
UK-wide recycling system essential says retailer group
The British Retail Consortium is responding to the Waste and Resources Strategy Consultations for England, Wales and Northern Ireland that close over the next five days, and the Scottish announcement regarding a Deposit Return scheme. Source: Garden1
UK-wide recycling system essential says retail trade body
The British Retail Consortium has said a UK-wide recycling system is essential in its responses to the Waste and Resources Strategy Consultations for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Source: Garden1
Wickes new accounts shows uplift
Wickes parent company Travis Perkins has reported a first quarter sales rise helped by mild weather. Source: Garden1
Best scent rose chosen at international convention
The rose ‘Mum in a Million’ has been awarded the variety with the best perfume by more than 600 rosarians at the World Federation’s 18th World Rose Convention in Copenhagen. Source: Garden1
Johnsons Lawn Seed warns over artificial turf
Johnsons Lawn Seed has warned that reports of rising sales of artificial turf could damage the garden industry’s green image and undermine the sector’s efforts to reduce its dependency on unsustainable plastic. Source: Garden1
Johnsons Lawn Seed hits out over rising sales of artificial turf
Johnsons Lawn Seed has hit out at reports of rising sales of artificial turf which it argues ncould damage the garden industry’s green image. Source: Garden1
General retail sales see warm weather benefit in April, with garden centres doing best
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Warm weather benefits general retail sales in April, with garden centres doing best
Garden centres were up 16.2% compared to April 2018 latest figures from Barclaycard show. Source: Garden1
Peter Beales Roses opens £750,000 retail development
The Attleborough, Norfolk rose grower’s plant centre and tea room have been extended and refurbished. Source: Garden1
May bank holiday garden centre sales hold up despite cool weather
There was a marked difference in temperatures between Easter and May bank holiday, but many garden centres still managed to hit or beat budgets during the long weekend. Source: Garden1
