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Newfor Spring 2024, ourRubberTiles will ignite additional salesopportunitiesand increase cross-categoryselling within utility, recreationaland child-playproducts.

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2023 NEW PRODUCT AWARD WINNER LANDSCAPING

Extremely durable Offeringa‘safer surface’ for familyhomes& vulnerablecustomers

Functional flooring for sheds,garages, utility rooms andhomegyms

Supported with Primeur’s marketleading ‘plug &play’ point of sale

Opens up new sales opportunities within outdoor leisure category

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Contactsales@primeur.ltd.uk or 01274 518800 for more info/ to discuss your stocking needs

Itwas great to see so many GTNreaders during the summer trade showseason this June and July.Thank youfor stopping to say hello,votefor winners at show awards, and for helping us raise funds for Greenfingers on Floral Thursday at Glee.

Many conversations were,however, brief because the team were so busycovering all thenewsfrom theshows for our e-mail newsletters; GTNXtra, Pet Trade Xtra,GleeDaily News andThe Solex Sun.

Combined, our Glee Daily News and Solex Sun e-mail newsletters havesofar been opened 148,824 times this year with 21,368unique readers reading amassivetotal of 185,105 pages. This just goes to showhow interested youare in the newlaunches and newservices on offer for next year.This issue of GTNgives us theopportunity to review Glee andSolex in print, highlighting the winners of Glee and Solex Awards. Well done to all of you!

With over300 entries, the Glee NewProduct Awards, organised by the GTNTeam, were once again aprominent featureofGlee and in our next issue we will bring youa directoryofall the products entered just in-case youmissed a potential winner for your customers.

As summer finally arrives, for aday at least, the thoughts of the GTNteam turn to Christmas and plans arealready being put together for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2023 which will be formally launched in the September issue. As last year we will be visiting up to 100 garden centreChristmas teams who believe they areThe Greatest. To make sureyour team areone of the 100 visited during October,November and early December please send an e-mail to trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk today

EDITORIAL &ADVERTISING

Garden Trade News

Potting Shed PressLtd DairyDrove ThorneyPeterborough PE6 0TX Tel01733 775700 www.gardentradenews.co.uk

THE GTNTEAM

Editor Trevor Pfeiffer trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk

Advertising Sales Alan Burdon Alan@pottingshedpress.co.uk

Features Editor Anisa Gress anisa@pottingshedpress.co.uk

Digital Editor Neil Pope neil@pottingshedpress.co.uk

Subscriptions Karen Pfeiffer karen@pottingshedpress.co.uk

Design &Production

AT Graphics Ltd www.atgraphicsuk.com

Kirsty Craner –Design

Alun Jones –Production Manager

RobertTipping –Managing Director James Tipping –Technical Director Printing CG Print Ltd

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If you’dliketobeadded to theGTN distribution list, please send your details to Karen@pottingshedpress.co.uk to see if youqualify to be included. Alternatively,ifyou prefer your Garden Trade News digitally,signupfor GTN Xtra,our weekly e-mail newsetter at www.gardentradenews.co.uk

Potting Shed PressLtd

Garden Trade News is published by Potting Shed PressLtd who also publish: GTNBestsellers, GTNXtra, Glee Daily News and the Glee Catalogue, and the Solex Sun. Potting Shed Pressalso supply Garden Radio to over100 garden centres acrossthe country.

Director Trevor Pfeiffer SMALL PRINT:All material ©Potting Shed PressLtd 2023 No partofthispublication may ereproduced in any form whatsoever, either for sale or not, without the expresspermission of the publishers. The information supplied in this publication is published in good faith and everyefforthas been made to ensure its accuracy.Potting Shed PressLtd cannot acceptresponsibility for any error or misrepresentation. All liability for loss, disappointment, negligenceorother damage caused by relianceoninformation contained in this publication or in the vent of any bankruptcy or liquidation or cassation of the trade of any company,individual or firmmentioned, is herebyexcluded.