Retail revival hint raises suppliers' spirits
18 May 2012 | by Matthew Appleby
Sector waits for sun to unlock consumer demand after suffering stock losses from poor sales and a record late season.
HTA business development director Tim Briercliffe has tweeted that garden centre sales are "really bad out there" with trade down 42 per cent last month on April 2011.
Sector waits for sun to unlock consumer demand after suffering stock losses from poor sales and a record late season.
Nurseries look for plants to cope with dry conditions as they assess the future impact on sales.
Nurseries report strong demand for plants in March with consumers undeterred by hosepipe bans.
Growers have reported large amounts of stock being shifted as the warm weather kicked-off the bedding season earlier than usual.
Amenity plant suppliers are reporting sales up by 20 per cent this year.
A family tradition of forcing daffodils is declining due to the factors of climate change and rising costs.
We asked growers exhibiting at this year's British Plant Fair in Stoneleigh Park how this season's orders are going so far.
Prices shown to have risen over past two years as amenity market weathers tough competition.
Trade disparities open across European nursery stock as financial problems bite.
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