Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Retail Sales
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- Figure 1: Retail sales, at current prices, 1990-98
- Figure 2: Retail sales, at constant 1995 prices, 1990-98
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Sector Structure
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- Figure 3: Main outlets for gardening products, 1998
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Consumer Expenditure
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- Figure 4: Consumer spending on core garden products, by sector, 1992-98
- Figure 5: Sales of growing stock, at current and constant 1992 prices, 1992-98
- Figure 6: Sales of growing stock by type, 1992-98
- Figure 7: Sales of garden equipment, at current and constant 1992 prices, 1992-98
- Figure 8: Sales of garden equipment by type, 1992-98
- Figure 9: Sales of growing media and garden chemicals, at current and constant 1992 prices, 1992-98
- Figure 10: Sales of growing media and garden chemicals by type, 1992-98
- Figure 11: Sales of garden furniture and barbecues, at current and constant 1992 prices, 1992-98
- Figure 12: Sales of garden furniture and barbecues by type, 1992-98
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Regional Shopping Variations
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- Figure 13: Regional differences in expenditure on horticultural goods, plants and flowers, 1996/97
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Market Factors
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- Figure 14: Total UK population, by age group, 1993-2003
- Figure 15: UK households, 1993-2003
- Figure 16: Garden ownership, 1994-98
- Figure 17: Garden size, 1994-98
- Figure 18: What is in the garden?, 1994-98
- Figure 19: Growing stock purchases, in the last 12 months, 1994-98
- Figure 20: Expenditure on growing stock, in the last 12 months, 1994-98
- Figure 21: Expenditure on fertilisers, weedkillers, etc, in the last 12 months, 1994-98
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Consumer Shopping
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- Figure 22: Visits to garden centre in the last 12 months, 1994-98
- Figure 23: Source of purchase of growing stock in the last 12 months, April 1997 and October 1998
- Figure 24: Purchasing of growing stock, from a specialist garden centre or DIY shed, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, October 1998
- Figure 25: Source of purchase of other garden products, in the last 12 months, April 1997 and October 1998
- Figure 26: Purchasing of other garden products from a specialist garden centre or DIY shed, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, October 1998
- Figure 27: Frequency of purchase of any growing stock or garden products, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, October 1998
- Figure 29: Source of purchase of other gardening products, by frequency of purchase, October 1998
- Figure 30: Respondents attitudes to garden shopping, October 1998
- Figure 31: Consumer attitudes to gardening, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, October 1998
- Figure 32: Improvements in the service provision of garden retailers, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, October 1998
- Figure 33: Impulse buying of growing stock and other garden products, by source of purchase, October 1998
- Figure 34: Analysis of types of buyer of garden products, by demographic group and lifestage, October 1998
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Retail Product Mix
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- Figure 35: Product mix of a leading independent garden centre, 1998
- Figure 36: Sales of leading garden centres, January-November 1998
- Figure 37: Product mix of DIY superstores, years to June 1996-98
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Retail Profiles
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- Figure 38: Leading garden centre chains, 1990-98
- Figure 39: Wyevale Garden Centres, financial performance, 1993-97
- Figure 40: Country Gardens plc, financial performance, 1993-97
- Figure 41: Notcutts Nurseries, financial performance, 1993-97
- Figure 42: Hillier Nurseries, financial performance, 1994-97
- Figure 43: Dobbie's Garden Centres plc, financial performance, 1993-97
- Figure 44: DJ Squire & Co, financial performance, 1993-97
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Retail Practices and Operational Issues
The Future
Forecast
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- Figure 45: Forecast of the core gardening markets, 1998-2003
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