{"id":140641,"date":"2021-05-24T15:53:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T06:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140641&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-05-24T15:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T06:53:28","slug":"gardening-tools-and-seeds-sales-up","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/gardening-tools-and-seeds-sales-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening Tools and Seeds Sales Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardening tools and seeds are selling well, as more people spend more time at home. A Kitakyushu-based store reported that the sales of such items during 2020 were 1.4 times larger than in 2019. In response to the continued trend, it expanded the gardening section this spring and increased the variety of beginner-friendly items. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><b>: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20210519\/5010011848.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-140677\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gooday-home-center-WEB-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gooday-home-center-WEB-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gooday-home-center-WEB-001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gooday-home-center-WEB-001.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gooday-home-center-WEB-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo: Not store mentioned in report. 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A Kitakyushu-based store reported that the sales of such items during 2020 were 1.4 times larger than in 2019. 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