Coronavirus: Six things that are booming in sales
Will Butler-Adams is the chief executive of Brompton Bikes and has seen enquiries jump
An outdoor games supplier is in the same position:"We've sold out of table tennis tables - they're the new loo roll." Retailer Halfords is also reporting a rise in sales of exercise bikes, saying: “People who are not able to get out still want to exercise indoors.” Andy, whose business Home Leisure Direct is based just outside Bristol, has sold an"awful lot" of pool tables as well.Phil Jones of JustSeed in Wrexham, which sells a wide range of plant seeds, says he had to stop taking orders after a rush for staples including carrots, lettuce, beans and tomatoes.Two of the biggest seed companies, Marshalls and Suttons, have stopped answering the phone.
Another specialist retailer, Franchi Seeds, has taken down its website temporarily, saying"people are panic buying".Indoors, more people are taking up sewing and knitting as a way to beat the boredom of confinement. Another novel that is selling well is The Plague by French author Albert Camus. UK publisher Penguin says its sales in the last week of February were 150% up on last year and it is reprinting the book. Its sales have also risen sharply in France and Italy.As supermarket bosses have been telling us, there is collectively £1bn more worth of food in our houses than before the stockpiling rush started.
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