Manic week-by-week shopping trends of lockdown — from pasta makers to hair clippers
LANDLINE phones, sending letters and Scrabble have made a return as the nation adapts to living in lockdown.
And sales of hair clippers, fitness equipment, sewing machines, board games and tracksuits have spiked as barbers and gyms remain closed and we are confined to our homes.
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Week 4: Apr 5-11
Plus, gardening tools start to shift as the bright weather shines.
Sales of stamps double – and they continue to sell more during lockdown – as people begin sending letters to friends, family and loved ones who they can not visit.
Week 5: Apr 12-18
HAIR trimmer sales are up four-fold as the lack of barbers hits home. With beauty salons also closed, sales of hair-removal products for women are up eight-fold.
Full-trolley shops are up 56per cent at Waitrose compared with the same week last year.
By contrast, single-meal shops are down by more than 70 per cent.
Week 6: Apr 19-25
Parents-to-be continue to stock up on essentials for new arrivals, hot on the heels of the birth of PM Boris Johnson’s son Wilfred.
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