Glee Buyers Power List 2018: the winners

From individual garden centre buyers to multiple retailer buying teams, the Glee Buyers Power List was introduced to recognise and celebrate the many garden retail buyers who have gone ‘above and beyond' to make a difference within the industry in the past 12 months.  

Speaking at the Glee Buyers Power List awards ceremony, which was well attended by retailers and suppliers alike, Glee's Event Director Matthew Mein confirmed: “The Glee Buyers Power List was set up to recognise a key group of decision makers in the gardening industry who are often overlooked: garden retail buyers.  Through these awards, we are pleased to be able to celebrate and reward their continued hard work, passion and dedication.  Our huge congratulations to all of the winners, the finalists and the many excellent shortlisted nominees.”

The winners and finalists were announced as follows:

Best Independent Garden Centre

• Almondsbury Garden Centre
• Alton Garden Centre
• Aylett Nurseries
• Barton Grange Garden Centre
• Bents Garden & Home
• Burford Garden Centre
• Chessington Garden Centre
• Fron Goch Garden Centre
• Holly Bush Garden Centre
• Mains of Drum
• Monkton Elm Garden Centre
• Old Railway Line Garden Centre
• Perrywood Garden Centre
• Highfield Garden Centre

WINNER: Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries
 

Best Multiple Garden Centre

• Blue Diamond Garden Centres
• British Garden Centres
• Caulders Garden Centre
• Choice Marketing
• Creative Gardens
• Haskins Garden Centres
• Hillview Garden Centres
• Klondyke
• Longacres
• Millbrook
• Notcutts
• Scotsdales
• Squires Garden Centres
• Stewarts Garden Centres

WINNERS: Blue Diamond
 

Best DIY / Builder Merchant Buyer/Buying Team

• B&Q
• Homebase
• Jewson
• Stax
• Toolstation
• Travis Perkins
• Wickes

WINNER: Stax
 

Best Online Buyer/ Buying Team

• Amazon
• Crocus
• Gardensite
• Greenfingers
• Primrose
• RHS
• Richard Jacksons Garden
• Tesco Direct
• Waitrose
• Wayfair

WINNER: Primrose

NEW FOR 2018 - Best Supermarket / Department Store Buyer/Buying Team

• Argos
• John Lewis
• M&S
• Morrisons
• Sainsbury's
• Tesco
• Waitrose

WINNER: Waitrose
 

NEW FOR 2018 - Best High Street Garden Retailer Buyer/ Buying Team

• Anthropologie
• B&M
• Next
• QD Stores
• Robert Dyas
• The Range
• TK Maxx
• Wilko

WINNER: The Range