There is good news and bad for horticultural sales. The bad news is that production horticulture is suffering from reduced municipal and consumer spend, uncertain weather and cheap foreign imports. What's more, the retail sector is in a third bad year, with footfall up but revenue down. The good news is that one sector seems to be thriving - the cash-and-carry sector, particularly firms that supply retail outlets with top-ups. One company is claiming a 50 per cent increase in business over the past year. But this has nothing to do with order-book plants - just the top-ups. Is this common throughout the industry or pe-culiarto one firm?
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