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In This Issue
Kelkay launch exclusive RHS Gardeners Collection
More hot NEW collections launched by BRIERS!
Deco-Pak introduce the Eastern Stone Co. natural sandstone range
Get potatoes out early urge Taylors
Mainframe starter kits are a big hit for Tildenet
The world's finest garden rooms, now under your own brand name
Bord na Móna launches new 'single brand strategy' at Glee
Zest 4 Leisure unveil their impressive 2016 range
Football crazy: Euro 2016 promises sales bonanza
Garden centre bosses turn up on crutches
Miracle-Gro boss flies in to brief work force
Colour and innovation in the Green Heart
More ‘Key Essentials’ to help build houseplant sales
Lovania Nurseries extend the season with impulse colour
First time exhibitors with lots of offer
Glee's Top 100 chart offers clues to what's hot
Buttacup launches at Glee
Winner of the Trolley of Booze
Glee New Product Awards 2015 - Winners revealed
Squires to donate carrier bag tax to Greenfingers
Petface take a 'fresh look' approach to the bird sector
Glee 2015 gets off to a fantastic start
Leaders for Change addressing the needs of the internet-preference shopper
Town & Country new look hits the spot
Green Digit win the second GIMA Innovator’s Seed Corn Fund
Fiskars launch their new Light range
Merchandising should tell a story says James Wong
Premier Decorations offer luxurious European alfresco cooking
Drinks giant Halewood courts garden centres with festive offer
Glee Daily News team on hand to bring you all the news
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Kelkay launch exclusive RHS Gardeners Collection


Kelkay have launched an exclusive range of horticultural grits and sands at Glee 2015, with the products being endorsed by the Royal Horticulture Society...
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More hot NEW collections launched by BRIERS!
Stand 19H05
Glee is the culmination of months of work – significant research and then the whole process of creating new products with up to date, relevant designs and patterns. It’s also the first real opportunity that retailers get to see the supplier’s vision for their new products and collections. A time of excitement for all!
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Deco-Pak introduce the Eastern Stone Co. natural sandstone range


Launching as a range for the first time, Deco-Pak's handcrafted rainbow sandstone water features and statuary will also feature inspirational displays as the range expands with new additions...
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Get potatoes out early urge Taylors











Taylors Bulbs director Adam Taylor (pictured) was advising visitors to the stand today (19G02) to put their seed potatoes on display early if they are aiming to maximise sales...
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Mainframe starter kits are a big hit for Tildenet
There was huge interest in the Mainframe starter kits being showcased on the Tildenet Gardenware stand (20N16) today. Mainframe is a simple modular frame system enabling the construction of fruit cages, vegetable protection, pond covers, and pet or chicken runs...
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Bord na Móna launches new 'single brand strategy' at Glee
Stand 18L10-M11


Following its recognition as Best Buy by consumer ratings magazine, Which? Gardening in the raising young plants category, Bord na Móna UK has launched a completely new peat to peat-free range at Glee 2015 all under the Bord na Móna Growise brand...
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Football crazy: Euro 2016 promises sales bonanza
Prepare to be amazed by some very special football skills on the Johnsons Lawn Seed stand (18H26-K25). Why?  Read on…
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Zest 4 Leisure unveil their impressive 2016 range


GIMA award winners Zest 4 Leisure are impressing Glee visitors (stand  20L30-M31) with their 2016 range of dining sets, benches and an outdoor bar and table set...
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The world's finest garden rooms, now under your own brand name


When it comes to the world’s finest garden buildings, there is one brand that stands head-and-shoulders above the rest: Crown Pavilions. With clients ranging from celebrities like Duncan Bannatyne and Gloria Hunniford to Champneys Health Spas and European royalty, customers know that if they want the very best then they should ask for Crown Pavilions by name...
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Glee New Product Awards 2015 - Winners revealed
Glee New Products 2015 - GTN 20 - Innovation winners - Backsaver Barrows.JPG

Nine ground-breaking new garden products have been confirmed as the winners of the coveted Glee New Product Awards 2015, with Baksaver Barrows (above) winning the Glee Innovation Award...
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Squires to donate carrier bag tax to Greenfingers
Sqjuires is the first garden centre to announce it will donate all proceeds from the new carrier bag tax to the garden industry's Greenfingers charity...
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Petface take a 'fresh look' approach to the bird sector


The Wild Bird Range was an instant hit when it was unveiled to visitors to the Petface stand (18M30-M31) with 80 new product lines dominated by the ‘Loktop’ Bird feeders...
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Glee 2015 gets off to a fantastic start


Glee 2015 got off to a great start today with crowds of visiting retailers and buyers flocking to the NEC.

Glee opens at 9am tomorrow (Tuesday). So make sure you visit.
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Leaders for Change addressing the needs of the internet-preference shopper


Key industry figures were brought together at a networking event to meet and discuss the challenges that garden retailing faces in the future – the Leaders for Change lunch...
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Town & Country new look hits the spot
Town & Country says its new brand image and updated ranges, unveiled at Glee today, have been going down a storm with show visitors...



Chairman Barry Page shows off some of the new glove designs, in front of the new Town & Country merchandising display.
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Green Digit win the second GIMA Innovator’s Seed Corn Fund


Green Digit are the 2015 GIMA Innovator’s Seed Corn Fund winners and collect a prize of £5,000. Launched in 2014 the GIMA Innovators’ Seed Corn Fund is designed to encourage new businesses, designers and innovators to enter the garden retail market.
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Fiskars launch their new Light range
 
Gardening has just become more fruitful with the introduction of the new Fiskars Light range (stand 19G56). “Light as air yet sturdy as steel, these make ridiculously light work of even my back-breaking Croydon clay. There goes my excuse for a winter workout," says James Wong, Ethnobotanist and TV celebrity.
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Merchandising should tell a story says James Wong
Fiskars brand ambassador James Wong urged garden centres at Glee today to up their game in merchandising plants and garden products...
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Premier Decorations offer luxurious European alfresco cooking


British families no longre need to travel abroad to experience a truly continental outdoor eating experience thanks to the introduction of Italian Fontana outdoor ovens, exclusive to Premier Decorations (stand 17R20-T21, 17R30-T31).
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Drinks giant Halewood courts garden centres with festive offer


Former Gardman boss Stuart Hainsworth (above left) was at Glee yesterday in his new role as  managing director of drinks giant Halewood International (17W54) – to promote the sales opportunities for garden centres in the drinks category...
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Glee Daily News team on hand to bring you all the news

Glee Daily News
Over the next three days of Glee 2015 the team from Garden Trade News will be covering all the latest developments for Glee Daily News.

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